Dry future climate could reduce orchid bee habitat

Monday, March 17, 2014 - 06:30 in Earth & Climate

(Phys.org) —During Pleistocene era climate changes, neotropical orchid bees that relied on year-round warm, wet weather found their habitats reduced by 30 to 50 percent, according to a Cornell study that used computer models and genetic data to understand bee distributions during past climate changes.

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