Winters are changing: snow effects on Arctic and alpine tundra ecosystems

C Rixen, TT Høye, P Macek, R Aerts, JM Alatalo… - Arctic …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Snow is an important driver of ecosystem processes in cold biomes. Snow accumulation
determines ground temperature, light conditions, and moisture availability during winter. It …

Bumblebee resilience to climate change, through plastic and adaptive responses

K Maebe, AF Hart, L Marshall… - Global change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bumblebees are ubiquitous, cold‐adapted eusocial bees found worldwide from subarctic to
tropical regions of the world. They are key pollinators in most temperate and boreal …

Current and lagged climate affects phenology across diverse taxonomic groups

RM Prather, RM Dalton, B Barr… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The timing of life events (phenology) can be influenced by climate. Studies from around the
world tell us that climate cues and species' responses can vary greatly. If variation in climate …

Six years of wild bee monitoring shows changes in biodiversity within and across years and declines in abundance

NE Turley, DJ Biddinger, NK Joshi… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Wild bees form diverse communities that pollinate plants in both native and agricultural
ecosystems making them both ecologically and economically important. The growing …

Temperature-sensitive development shapes insect phenological responses to climate change

LB Buckley - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Variable insect phenological shifts alter synchrony and interactions.•Temperature-
sensitive insect development can account for variable phenological shifts.•Lab experiments …

Long‐term declines in insect abundance and biomass in a subalpine habitat

RM Dalton, NC Underwood, DW Inouye, ME Soulé… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent reports of insect declines have caused concern among scientists and the public.
Declines in insect abundance and biomass are ubiquitous across many climatic zones and …

Phenological research based on natural history collections: Practical guidelines and a lepidopteran case study

MW Belitz, EA Larsen, V Shirey, D Li… - Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Natural history collections (NHCs) have been indispensable to understanding longer‐term
trends of the timing of seasonal events. Massive‐scale digitization of specimens promises to …

Climate change creates nutritional phenological mismatches

CW Twining, JR Shipley, B Matthews - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2022 - cell.com
Climate change is creating phenological mismatches between consumers and their
resources. However, while the importance of nutritional quality in ecological interactions is …

Life-history traits predict responses of wild bees to climate variation

GL Pardee, SR Griffin, M Stemkovski… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Life-history traits, which are physical traits or behaviours that affect growth, survivorship and
reproduction, could play an important role in how well organisms respond to environmental …

A specialist bee and its host plants experience phenological shifts at different rates in response to climate change

SA Weaver, RE Mallinger - Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Changes in climate can alter the phenology of organisms, potentially decoupling
partners within mutualisms. Previous studies have shown that plant and pollinator …