DO BUMBLEBEES PARTITION AN ELEVATIONAL GRADIENT BY BODY SIZE?

• Main Author: Al-Hayali, Abdullah
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap 2022
• Subjects: Bombus; Bergmann's rule; Gradient study; Arctic climate change; Natural Sciences; Naturvetenskap; Ecology; Ekologi; Abisko; Arctic; Climate change
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-198453

As the climate warms, Arctic bumblebee species face the loss of habitat and must deal with increased competition from southern species tracking their thermal and habitat niches north, for example Bombus terrestris. Previous studies demonstrate that bumblebees follow Bergmann’s rule, i.e., larger bod...