| Summary: | In the light of the current climate change, it is important to recognize any phenological changes that could lead to a mismatch between the plants and their pollinators. By accessing unique eDNA air filter samples, is it possible to get insight to how the abundance of species shifts around Kiruna, Sweden over the last 40 years. In this study, wavelet analysis was preformed to see if flowering plants and pollinating insect genera have changed their phenology over the study period and if this change in phenology have been affecting other genera. Most commonly, there was no significant shift in the phenological timing for neither the flowering plants nor the pollinating insects. This indicates that no phenological mismatch could be proven in this study. However, it was found that some genera where more closely correlated in their timing. The result of this study can contribute to the understanding of how climate change affects the phenology for flowering plants and pollinating insects, and also explore how eDNA can be used to study changes in the ecosystems seasonality.
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