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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Functional mismatch in a bumble bee pollination mutualism under climate change
Contributor:
Miller-Struttmann, Nicole E.;
Geib, Jennifer C.;
Franklin, James D.;
Kevan, Peter G.;
Holdo, Ricardo M.;
Ebert-May, Diane;
Lynn, Austin M.;
Kettenbach, Jessica A.;
Hedrick, Elizabeth;
Galen, Candace
imprint:
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2015
Published in:Science
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1126/science.aab0868
ISSN:
0036-8075;
1095-9203
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<jats:title>Climate change decoupling mutualism</jats:title>
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Many coevolved species have precisely matched traits. For example, long-tongued bumblebees are well adapted for obtaining nectar from flowers with long petal tubes. Working at high altitude in Colorado, Miller-Struttmann
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found that long-tongued bumblebees have decreased in number significantly over the past 40 years. Short-tongued species, which are able to feed on many types of flowers, are replacing them. This shift seems to be a direct result of warming summers reducing flower availability, making generalist bumblebees more successful than specialists and resulting in the disruption of long-held mutualisms.
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