Impacts of land cover change on the plant resources of an endangered pollinator.

ABSTRACT: One of the key drivers of pollinator declines is land cover change. We documented for the first time the impacts of over three decades of land cover change in Mexico on the plant resources of an endangered migratory pollinator, the Mexican long-nosed bat, Leptonycteris nivalis. This species is considered endangered under national and international criteria due to population declines over 50% in the past 10 years. Pregnant females of this bat species migrate every year following the blooms of Agave spp. from central Mexico to the southern United States; moving pollen over its 1,200 km long migratory corridor and pollinating distant populations of Agave spp. Increases in human populations density and agricultural expansion may be reducing agave habitat over time. The obj

SUBMITTER: Gomez-Ruiz EP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8500086 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature