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Climate Change Affecting Bee, Plant Life Cycles
phenological mismatchclimate changepollinator declineplant-pollinator mutualismColorado RockiesColoradoRocky Mountain Biological Laboratory
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Bees and flowers seem inseparable harbingers of spring, but what happens when pollinators emerge later than their sources of nectar and pollen? Reporting on the first community-wide assessment of 67 bee species of the Colorado Rockies, ecologists Michael Stemkovski of Utah State University and Rebec
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