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Bumblebees moving up: shifts in elevation ranges in the Pyrenees over 115 years.
Marshall, Leon; Perdijk, Floor; Dendoncker, Nicolas; Kunin, William; Roberts, Stuart; Biesmeijer, Jacobus C.
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  • Marshall L; Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • Perdijk F; Agroecology Lab, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP 264/2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium.
  • Dendoncker N; Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
  • Kunin W; Department of Geography, Institute of Life, Earth and Environment (ILEE), University of Namur, Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur, Belgium.
  • Roberts S; School of Biology, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK.
  • Biesmeijer JC; Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AR, UK.
Proc Biol Sci ; 287(1938): 20202201, 2020 11 11.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33171083
In a warming climate, species are expected to shift their geographical ranges to higher elevations and latitudes, and if interacting species shift at different rates, networks may be disrupted. To quantify the effects of ongoing climate change, repeating historical biodiversity surveys is necessary. In this study, we compare the distribution of a plant-pollinator community between two surveys 115 years apart (1889 and 2005-06), reporting distribution patterns and changes observed for bumblebee species and bumblebee-visited plants in the Gavarnie-Gèdre commune in the Pyrenees, located in southwest Europe at the French-Spanish border. The region has warmed significantly over this period, alongside shifts in agricultural land use and forest. The composition of the bumblebee community shows relative stability, but we observed clear shifts to higher elevations for bumblebees (averaging 129 m) and plants (229 m) and provide preliminary evidence that some bumblebee species shift with the plants they visit. We also observe that some species have been able to occupy the same climate range in both periods by shifting elevation range. The results suggest the need for long-term monitoring to determine the role and impact of the different drivers of global change, especially in montane habitats where the impacts of climate changes are anticipated to be more extreme.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Abelhas / Altitude Limite: Animals País como assunto: Europa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Abelhas / Altitude Limite: Animals País como assunto: Europa Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2020 Tipo de documento: Article