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Connecting Above- And Belowground Effects Of Climate Warming On Bumble Bee Health, Francis Mullan
Connecting Above- And Belowground Effects Of Climate Warming On Bumble Bee Health, Francis Mullan
Master of Science in Integrative Biology Theses
Climate warming has been identified as one of the primary factors causing worldwide pollinator declines. One of the most at-risk groups of pollinators is bumble bees (Bombus spp.). Bumble bees are common, widespread, and key pollinators of a wide range of crops and wild plants. Although studies have examined the thermal physiological traits of individual bumble bees to understand how they may be impacted by climate warming, little to no studies have examined how climate warming may impact whole bumble bee colonies both in their ability to thermoregulate their nest for their brood or in their ability to forage …