DYING ASPEN SUNFLOWER COULD SIGNAL FUTURE CLIMATE WARMING DAMAGE

Summary

The University of Maryland issued the following news release: David Inouye, professor of biology at the University of Maryland, has found that climate change is damaging the Aspen sunflower of the Rocky Mountains. The sunflower could be a "canary in the mine," warning of future ecological consequenc

Related Publications

Publication

Characterizing nectar content in wet and dry subalpine meadows during an extreme summer drought

201816 shared entities

Publication

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

201916 shared entities

Publication

An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows

2011Ecological Monographs16 shared entities

Publication

From the ground up: Building predictions for how climate change will affect belowground mutualisms, floral traits, and bee behavior

2021Climate Change Ecology16 shared entities

Publication

Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators

2025Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences16 shared entities

DYING ASPEN SUNFLOWER COULD SIGNAL FUTURE CLIMATE WARMING DAMAGE

Summary

Related Stories

Is the insect apocalypse happening here?

RMBL research an ‘emergent property’ of family ties

FOR BEES, DIET ISN'T ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL

Spectacular blooms, decades in the making

Long term research to continue

Bee Bandits: USU Ecologists Study Mutualistic Plant-Pollinator-Microbe Interactions

An early spring drives butterfly population declines

Irwin to Study Bee Abundance With Support From Kriz Endowment

Related Publications

Characterizing nectar content in wet and dry subalpine meadows during an extreme summer drought

Niche breadth changes in response to environmental perturbation: the impact of early snowmelt on subalpine plant-pollinator specialization

An examination of synchrony between insect emergence and flowering in Rocky Mountain meadows

From the ground up: Building predictions for how climate change will affect belowground mutualisms, floral traits, and bee behavior

Nutrient niche dynamics among wild pollinators

Species (16)

Two-form Bumble Bee

Bumble Bees

Buff-tailed Bumble Bee

Yellow-fronted Bumble Bee

Golden-belted Bumble Bee

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus appositus

Bombus occidentalis

Bombus frigidus

Bombus fervidus

Bombus californicus

Bombus nevadensis

Bombus mixtus

Bombus rufocinctus

Bombus hypocrita

Helianthella quinquenervis