Distribution patterns of the cold adapted bumblebee Bombus alpinus in the Alps and hints of an uphill shift (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae)

• Published in: Journal of Insect Conservation
• Main Authors: Biella P., Bogliani G., Cornalba M., Manino A., Neumayer J., Porporato M., Rasmont P., Milanesi P.
• Other Authors: Biella, P, Bogliani, G, Cornalba, M, Manino, A, Neumayer, J, Porporato, M, Rasmont, P, Milanesi, P
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer International Publishing 2017
• Subjects: Altitudinal shift; Climate change; Conservation; Rare specie; Specialist; Species distribution modelling; Torre; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10281/270354; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-017-9983-1

Climate change is threatening species and habitats. Altitudinal shifts uphill and negative population trends are commonly observed in altitude-related taxa. The bumblebee Bombus alpinus (Linnaeus, 1758) has a disjoint distribution restricted to Fennoscandia and the Alps, and is considered threatened...