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<p>The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is currently running a series of 50 articles about the impacts of climate change on fish and wildlife.<br>
Today's article features studies being done in Arizona on high elevation pollinators. Read the article at:<br>
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<font color="#0000FF"><a href="http://www.fws.gov/news/blog/index.cfm/2011/5/2/Arizona-As-Vegetation-Moves-to-Higher-Elevations-What-Happens-to-the-Pollinators#more">http://www.fws.gov/news/blog/index.cfm/2011/5/2/Arizona-As-Vegetation-Moves-to-Higher-Elevations-What-Happens-to-the-Pollinators#more</a></font><br>
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<font size="2">Dolores Savignano, Ph.D.<br>
Pollinator Conservation Coordinator<br>
Fisheries and Habitat Conservation<br>
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service<br>
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Rm. 820<br>
Arlington, VA 22203<br>
telephone: (703) 358-1864<br>
fax: (703) 358-1800<br>
e-mail: dolores_savignano@fws.gov</font><br>
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<tr valign="top"><td width="768" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><a href="http://www.fws.gov/news/blog/index.cfm/2011/5/2/Arizona-As-Vegetation-Moves-to-Higher-Elevations-What-Happens-to-the-Pollinators"><b><u><font size="7" color="#0000FF" face="Arial">Arizona: As Vegetation Moves to Higher Elevations, What Happens to the Pollinators?</font></u></b></a><br>
<font size="4" face="Arial">Posted At : May 2, 2011 7:30 AM | Posted By : Jennifer Strickland<br>
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<p><font size="4" face="Arial">Bees do it. Flies do it. Pollinate, that is. </font>
<p><font size="4" face="Arial">But what happens when the piñon and Ponderosa pines and aspens of northern Arizona -- vegetation pollinators call home -- move up the mountain as precipitation patterns change due to climate change? </font>
<p><font size="4" face="Arial">Some pollinators rely on specific plants. But can they use a broader spectrum of plants? Can they live at higher elevations to get to the plants they need? And what if they can’t?</font>
<p><font size="4" face="Arial">more at:</font><br>
<font color="#0000FF"><a href="http://www.fws.gov/news/blog/index.cfm/2011/5/2/Arizona-As-Vegetation-Moves-to-Higher-Elevations-What-Happens-to-the-Pollinators#more">http://www.fws.gov/news/blog/index.cfm/2011/5/2/Arizona-As-Vegetation-Moves-to-Higher-Elevations-What-Happens-to-the-Pollinators#more</a></font></td></tr>
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