Forward to the north: two Euro-Mediterranean bumblebee species now cross the Arctic Circle

Abstract

In recent decades, several animal and plant species have been in regression (population size decrease and geographical distribution shrinking). This loss of biodiversity can be due to various factors such as the destruction and fragmentation of habitat, urban development, pesticides or climate change. However, some species benefit from these changes and expand their distribution. Here we report observations (in 2013 and 2014) of two Euro-Mediterranean bumblebee species: Bombus terrestris for the first time and Bombus lapidarius, north of the Arctic Circle in Fennoscandia.

Keywords

Bombus terrestris; biogeography; climate change; Fennoscandia; heat wave

Published in

Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France
2015, volume: 51, number: 4, pages: 303-309
Publisher: SOC ENTOMOLOGIQUE FRANCE

SLU Authors

• Cederberg, Björn

  • SLU Swedish Species Information Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Global goals (SDG)

SDG15 Life on land

UKÄ Subject classification

Ecology

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00379271.2015.1118357

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/77156