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ArticleiScience2023

The buzz around biodiversity decline: Detecting pollinator shifts using a systematic review.

Sarah Whipple, Gillian Bowser

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Article in iScience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Three decades of declines restructure butterfly communities in the Midwestern United States.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  5. WildFrontiers in plant science · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Sarah WhippleGraduate Degree Program in Ecology, Colorado State University, 102 Johnson Hall, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1021, USA.
Gillian BowserDepartment of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1021, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Climate and land use change are two of the largest drivers of worldwide biodiversity loss, but detecting drivers of insect decline is more complex. Online data sources can elucidate such responses while identifying systematic data gaps. Using a systematic review, we found 119 studies that document bumble bee and butterfly responses to climate change. While bee literature was limited, there is high confidence that species are emerging earlier (∼17 days), mismatching with floral resources (100% of studies), and changing range distributions (-25%). More butterfly literature was available but did not yield consistent responses. Evidence shows earlier emergences (∼5 days), decreasing range distributions (-19%), and population shifts amongst generalist (87% increase) versus specialist (65% decrease) groups. We argue that the effect of changing climates on floral emergence, abundance, and distribution may be more significant than the impact of climate change on biodiversity; however, further research is required, particularly within the Southern Hemisphere.

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Biological sciencesEcologyEntomologyZoology

Identifiers

PMID37876821
PMCPMC10590815

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