Dry Future Climate Could Reduce Orchid Bee Habitat
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 - 16:50
in Earth & Climate
During Pleistocene era climate changes, neotropical orchid bees that relied on year-round warmth and wet weather found their habitats reduced by 30 to 50 percent, according to a Cornell University study that used computer models and genetic data to understand bee distributions during past climate changes.