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.
Today's article features studies being done in Arizona on high elevation
pollinators. Read the article at:
http://www.fws.gov/news/blog/index.cfm/2011/5/2/Arizona-As-Vegetation-Moves-to-Higher-Elevations-What-Happens-to-the-Pollinators#more
Dolores Savignano, Ph.D.
Pollinator Conservation Coordinator
Fisheries and Habitat Conservation
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Rm. 820
Arlington, VA 22203
telephone: (703) 358-1864
fax: (703) 358-1800
e-mail: dolores_savignano at fws.gov
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Arizona: As Vegetation Moves to Higher Elevations, What Happens to the Pollinators?
Posted At : May 2, 2011 7:30 AM | Posted By : Jennifer Strickland
Related Categories: news_blog, pollinators, arizona, plants, high elevations
Bee on a yellow flower
Bee on flower. Credit: USFWS.
Bees do it. Flies do it. Pollinate, that is.
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?
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?
more at:
http://www.fws.gov/news/blog/index.cfm/2011/5/2/Arizona-As-Vegetation-Moves-to-Higher-Elevations-What-Happens-to-the-Pollinators#more
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