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Bumble Bee Probability of Occurrence Responds to Interactions Between Local and Landscape Land Use, Climatic Niche Properties and Climate Change

Tim Newbold; Jeremy Kerr; Peter Soroye; Jessica J. Williams
Ecology Letters · Vol. 28, Issue 5 · 2025

Abstract

Insect biodiversity is changing rapidly, driven by a suite of pressures, notably land use, land‐use intensification and increasingly climate change. We lack large‐scale evidence on how land use and climate change interact to drive insect biodiversity changes. We assess bumble bee responses to interactive effects of land use and climate pressures across North America and Europe. The probability of occurrence increases in landscapes with a higher proportion of natural habitat and a shorter history of human disturbance. Responses to climate warming relative to historical conditions are weakly negative in natural habitats but positive in human land uses, while human land use reduces the probability of occurrence most in the centre of species' temperature niches. We estimate that the combined pressures have reduced bumble bee probability of occurrence by 44% across sampled natural habitats and 55% across human land uses, highlighting the pervasive influence that human pressures have had on biodiversity across habitats.

Bibliographic Information

JournalEcology Letters
PublisherWiley
Publication Date2025-05-01
Publication Year2025
Volume28
Issue5
Document TypeJournal Article
Print ISSN1461-023X
eISSN1461-0248
DOI10.1111/ele.70145
SubjectEcology & Organismal Biology

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