| Title |
Climate change impacts on bumblebees converge across continents
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Science, July 2015
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.aaa7031 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Jeremy T Kerr, Alana Pindar, Paul Galpern, Laurence Packer, Simon G Potts, Stuart M Roberts, Pierre Rasmont, Oliver Schweiger, Sheila R Colla, Leif L Richardson, David L Wagner, Lawrence F Gall, Derek S Sikes, Alberto Pantoja |
| Abstract |
For many species, geographical ranges are expanding toward the poles in response to climate change, while remaining stable along range edges nearest the equator. Using long-term observations across Europe and North America over 110 years, we tested for climate change-related range shifts in bumblebee species across the full extents of their latitudinal and thermal limits and movements along elevation gradients. We found cross-continentally consistent trends in failures to track warming through time at species' northern range limits, range losses from southern range limits, and shifts to higher elevations among southern species. These effects are independent of changing land uses or pesticide applications and underscore the need to test for climate impacts at both leading and trailing latitudinal and thermal limits for species. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 66 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 44 | 13% |
| Canada | 29 | 9% |
| Spain | 7 | 2% |
| Sweden | 6 | 2% |
| Germany | 4 | 1% |
| Finland | 3 | <1% |
| Australia | 3 | <1% |
| India | 3 | <1% |
| Other | 30 | 9% |
| Unknown | 143 | 42% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 257 | 76% |
| Scientists | 52 | 15% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 21 | 6% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 6 | 2% |
| Unknown | 2 | <1% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| Chile | 2 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| Denmark | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 6 | <1% |
| Unknown | 836 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 175 | 20% |
| Student > Master | 144 | 17% |
| Researcher | 129 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 103 | 12% |
| Other | 37 | 4% |
| Other | 112 | 13% |
| Unknown | 163 | 19% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 381 | 44% |
| Environmental Science | 155 | 18% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 30 | 3% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 27 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 9 | 1% |
| Other | 60 | 7% |
| Unknown | 201 | 23% |
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