Claim · #6495207
Bombus spp. · pollination · Plantae
pollination · effect: harmful
pollinates GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“bumble bee ranges contracting at warm range margins under warming”
- Authors
- Halsch C.A., Shapiro A.M., Fordyce J.A., Nice C.C., Thorne J.H., Waetjen D.P., Forister M.L.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Kerr et al. 2015 (Science) documented bumble bee range contractions at warm margins across North America and Europe; pollination-service implications are well-grounded.”
- entomologist · plausible
“Bombus thermal-niche compression and warm-margin range loss is empirically established (Kerr 2015, Soroye 2020); reduced pollination service follows directly.”
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