Across California’s Central Valley, under stress from large-scale agriculture and climate change, native bee species that are flexible in their pollination behavior when around other wild bee populations appear best suited for survival in shrinking habitats.
That’s the primary finding of a study published online April 1 in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.
A research team led by University of Oregon biologist Lauren C. Ponisio identified 1,150 network interactions involving 157 wild bee species and 152 plant species at 63 sites spread across three counties. [Read more…] about Adjusting interactions help some California’s wild bee populations survive