Biology ETDs

Publication Date

Spring 4-15-2022

Abstract

Recent declines in terrestrial arthropod biodiversity highlight the need to pinpoint which taxa and ecosystem services are most threatened, and why. But, for most of the world’s ~20,000 bee species, we lack robust evidence of population trends, and the role of climate change remains surprisingly little studied. I used long-term bee monitoring data from the Sevilleta Long-Term Ecological Research Program (Socorro, NM, USA), along with complementary experimental and observational data, to examine how climate relates to bee abundance and diversity patterns over time and space, and to identify the traits that govern bees’ climate sensitivities.

Language

English

Keywords

pollinators, global change, biodiversity, traits, physiology, behavior

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Biology

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

UNM Biology Department

First Committee Member (Chair)

Kenneth D. Whitney

Second Committee Member

Jennifer A. Rudgers

Third Committee Member

Helen J. Wearing

Fourth Committee Member

Michael E. Dillon

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