Global Trends in Climate Suitability of Bees: Ups and Downs in a Warming World.

ABSTRACT: Bees represent vital natural assets contributing significantly to global food production and the maintenance of ecosystems. While studies on climate change effects impacting major pollinators like honeybees and bumblebees raise concerns about global diversity and crop productivity, comprehensive global-scale analyses remain limited. This study explores the repercussions of global warming on 1365 bees across seven families of bees worldwide. To compile a robust global bee occurrence dataset, we utilized the innovative 'BeeBDC' R package that amalgamated over 18.3 million bee occurrence records sourced from various repositories. Through species distribution models under the SSP585 scenario in the year 2070, we assessed how climate change influences the climate suitability of bees on a

SUBMITTER: Rahimi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10889774 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature