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Influence of elevation, climate, snowmelt and floral abundance on body size of solitary bees

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
We measured body size in bee species from a 10‐year specimen collection from Colorado sub‐alpine meadows (2450–3450 m) and tested effects of elevation and annual snowmelt, climate and floral abundance. 2 out of 4 bee species collected across a broad elevation range showed a decline in body size with higher elevations; the other two showed no effect ...
Lachlan C. Jones, Melanie R. Kazenel, Kristin Conrad, Jane E. Ogilvie, Ian K. Breckheimer, Rebecca E. Irwin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate‐informed stock‐recruitment models identify potential environmental links for commercial fish stocks

Fish and Fisheries, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Several studies have demonstrated non‐stationarity in marine fish maximum per capita recruitment rate, which may be linked to regional environmental drivers. Exploring relationships between environmental drivers and time‐varying recruitment rate will provide insight into recruitment processes, and suggest how fisheries managers may adapt ...
Rachel C. Marshall, Jeremy S. Collie, Richard J. Bell, Paul D. Spencer, Cóilín Minto   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A global scale land surface phenology reference dataset with 12 years of spot vegetation data [PDF]

, 2012
Phenology is the study of the periodic biological events in the living world and of their relation with climatic factors. These events are influenced by the environment, especially the seasonal temperature changes driven by the weather and the climate ...
Verheggen, Astrid, PhD Student Day ENVITAM, Defourny, Pierre   +2 more
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Life‐stage variation in Sable Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes) physiology assessed using proteomics

Ibis, EarlyView.
Life‐stage transitions in seabirds involve substantial shifts in physiological demands, yet the molecular mechanisms underpinning these changes remain poorly resolved. Here we applied untargeted data‐independent acquisition mass spectrometry (DIA‐MS) to characterize and compare the plasma proteomes of fledgling and adult Sable Shearwaters Ardenna ...
Alix M. de Jersey, Alexander L. Bond, Richard Wilson, Graeme R. Zosky, Jack Rivers‐Auty, Jennifer L. Lavers   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the breeding grounds: identifying post‐breeding staging areas, corridors and ecological niche of the Lesser Kestrel

Ibis, EarlyView.
The post‐breeding period is a critical yet overlooked phase in the annual cycle of migratory birds, where individuals must resolve competing bioenergetic trade‐offs between recovery from breeding, moult and migratory fuelling. Using GPS data from 54 adult Lesser Kestrels Falco naumanni tracked across Spain, we analysed 76 post‐breeding tracks to ...
Javier Hernández‐Cabello, Beatriz Rodríguez‐Moreno, Manuel B. Morales, Fernando Garcés‐Toledano, Juan Martínez‐Dalmau, Pedro P. Olea   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dietary flexibility and high arthropod availability prevent food limitation in a mountain population of breeding Northern Wheatears

Ibis, EarlyView.
Mountain ecosystems are under strong environmental pressure and are considered highly vulnerable to climate change, which is likely to lead to forest expansion and loss of open alpine grasslands, threatening many specialized species. However, for most alpine birds, even basic ecological knowledge, such as their diet, remains limited, restricting our ...
Camille Mermillon, Dan Chamberlain, Christian Miquel, David‐Emmanuel Coffie, Keyvan Dumas, Domenico Rosselli, Glenn Yannic   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Against the odds: Nesting specialization and foraging ecology provide insights into climate change responses in a mountain bee

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
A unique high‐elevation Exoneura bee defies typical elevation‐driven declines in bee activity, nesting exclusively in dead branches of snow gums near the alpine tree line. Nesting and foraging are tightly linked to snow gum presence, with most activity occurring within 30 m of these trees. Biophysical modelling indicates the bee's thermally constrained
Joshua M. Coates, Noel Takeshima, Francisco Encinas‐Viso, Saul A. Cunningham   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Predicting habitat suitability of selected Meloidae species and future potential refugia: A case study from inner Western Anatolia

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Consensus habitat‐suitability maps identify current hotspots of species richness across the Inner Western Anatolian mountain systems. Late‐century projections (2081–2100) under SSP2‐4.5 and SSP5‐8.5 show range shifts and changing richness patterns, intensifying at higher elevations.
Muhammed Arif Demir, Mahmut Kabalak
wiley   +1 more source

Is urbanisation a barrier to genetic diversity in the solitary specialist bee, Melissodes druriellus?

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Bees are integral pollinators commonly found in and supported by urban green spaces; however, their eco‐evolutionary response to urbanisation varies interspecifically. While several studies have explored the population and landscape genetics of bees in response to urbanisation, few have examined solitary or specialist species which may be more ...
Anthony C. Ayers, Sargon Yousefian Dezag Tekkie, S. Eryn McFarlane, Sandra M. Rehan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental and seasonal filtering of taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic diversity patterns of mountain butterflies in a prime butterfly area, Greece

Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
Forest clearings support butterfly communities comparable to mountainous grasslands in alpha‐diversity and conservation value, yet remain compositionally distinct. Generalized linear models (GLMs) showed three key habitat predictors shaping multifaceted diversity and community composition: herb/grass height, flowerhead abundance and elevation.
Konstantina Nasiou, Konstantina Zografou, Andreja Radović, Apostolis Stefanidis, Vassiliki Kati   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source