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Decades Of Native Bee Biodiversity Surveys At Pinnacles National Park Highlight The Importance Of Monitoring Natural Areas Over Time, Joan M. Meiners, Terry L. Griswold, Olivia Messinger Carril
Decades Of Native Bee Biodiversity Surveys At Pinnacles National Park Highlight The Importance Of Monitoring Natural Areas Over Time, Joan M. Meiners, Terry L. Griswold, Olivia Messinger Carril
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Thousands of species of bees are in global decline, yet research addressing the ecology and status of these wild pollinators lags far behind work being done to address similar impacts on the managed honey bee. This knowledge gap is especially glaring in natural areas, despite knowledge that protected habitats harbor and export diverse bee communities into nearby croplands where their pollination services have been valued at over $3 billion per year. Surrounded by ranches and farmlands, Pinnacles National Park in the Inner South Coast Range of California contains intact Mediterranean chaparral shrubland. This habitat type is among the most valuable …