Asking the pikas politely…
Plant-pollinator communities contribute to global diversity and are a good indicator of the health of an ecosystem. Climate change is causing phenological changes of flowering plants and pollinators. Changes in plant phenology can lead to a pollinator not being able to find sufficient pollen and nectar resources, while plants may produce fewer seeds. The focus of this study is to compare species diversity of a plant-pollinator community across three years in Virginia Basin, CO. Species richness and species diversity were greater in 2021 and 2022 compared to 2000. These results support the idea that insects are moving to higher elevation due to climate change. Increasing our sampling effort could give us different results. Further study of plant-pollinator networks across a range of temporal scales is needed, as the ability for plants and pollinators to adapt to mismatch remains unclear.
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