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Plants and their pollinators are increasingly out of sync
phenological mismatchpollinator declineRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryGothicColoradoRocky MountainsUnited KingdomJapanUnited StatesGreenlandGeum triflorumLinum lewisii
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July 30th, 2024 (The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting — Delivered by Newstex) This story was originally published by Grist. For the past four years, plant biologist Elsa Godtfredsen has trekked to a subalpine meadow in Colorado to study the interactions between wildflowers and bumblebees.
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