From Bees to Flies: Global Shift in Pollinator Communities Along Elevation Gradients
Bees decrease in abundance and richness along elevation gradients, while flies replace bees as the dominant flower visitors in higher elevation systems. We reviewed the existing literature to determine if this global phenomenon of pollinator communities switching from bees to flies occurs at the sam...
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| author | Lindsie M. McCabe Lindsie M. McCabe Lindsie M. McCabe Neil S. Cobb Neil S. Cobb |
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| description | Bees decrease in abundance and richness along elevation gradients, while flies replace bees as the dominant flower visitors in higher elevation systems. We reviewed the existing literature to determine if this global phenomenon of pollinator communities switching from bees to flies occurs at the same place along a temperature gradient. Here we examined five studies that have documented this bee-to-fly transition in the North America, South America, Europe & Australia. We determined where the bee-to-fly transition occurred along a temperature/elevation gradient for each study that ranged from 1.1 to 8.3°C. We found that pollinator communities shifted from bee dominated to fly dominated communities between 4.9 and 5.7°C on all elevation gradients worldwide. This shift in pollinators could substantially impact ecological systems reliant on fly pollination as temperatures continue to warm. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b7ae2be1dd54a5981ec385a23a014cc2022-12-21T17:13:01ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution2296-701X2021-01-01810.3389/fevo.2020.626124626124From Bees to Flies: Global Shift in Pollinator Communities Along Elevation GradientsLindsie M. McCabe0Lindsie M. McCabe1Lindsie M. McCabe2Neil S. Cobb3Neil S. Cobb4United States Department of Agriculture - Agriculture Research Service (USDA-ARS), Pollinating Insects Research Unit, Logan, UT, United StatesBiodiversity Outreach Network, Flagstaff, AZ, United StatesDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United StatesBiodiversity Outreach Network, Flagstaff, AZ, United StatesDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United StatesBees decrease in abundance and richness along elevation gradients, while flies replace bees as the dominant flower visitors in higher elevation systems. We reviewed the existing literature to determine if this global phenomenon of pollinator communities switching from bees to flies occurs at the same place along a temperature gradient. Here we examined five studies that have documented this bee-to-fly transition in the North America, South America, Europe & Australia. We determined where the bee-to-fly transition occurred along a temperature/elevation gradient for each study that ranged from 1.1 to 8.3°C. We found that pollinator communities shifted from bee dominated to fly dominated communities between 4.9 and 5.7°C on all elevation gradients worldwide. This shift in pollinators could substantially impact ecological systems reliant on fly pollination as temperatures continue to warm.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.626124/fullelevation gradientbee (Apoidea)Dipteraclimate changebiodiveristyanthophila |
| spellingShingle | Lindsie M. McCabe Lindsie M. McCabe Lindsie M. McCabe Neil S. Cobb Neil S. Cobb From Bees to Flies: Global Shift in Pollinator Communities Along Elevation Gradients Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution elevation gradient bee (Apoidea) Diptera climate change biodiveristy anthophila |
| title | From Bees to Flies: Global Shift in Pollinator Communities Along Elevation Gradients |
| title_full | From Bees to Flies: Global Shift in Pollinator Communities Along Elevation Gradients |
| title_fullStr | From Bees to Flies: Global Shift in Pollinator Communities Along Elevation Gradients |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Bees to Flies: Global Shift in Pollinator Communities Along Elevation Gradients |
| title_short | From Bees to Flies: Global Shift in Pollinator Communities Along Elevation Gradients |
| title_sort | from bees to flies global shift in pollinator communities along elevation gradients |
| topic | elevation gradient bee (Apoidea) Diptera climate change biodiveristy anthophila |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.626124/full |
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