Cederberg, Björn
- SLU Swedish Species Information Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2015Peer reviewedOpen access
Forward to the north: two Euro-Mediterranean bumblebee species now cross the Arctic Circle
Martinet, Baptiste; Rasmont, Pierre; Cederberg, Björn; Evrard, Dimitri; Ödegaard, Frode; Paukkunen, Juho; Lecocq, Thomas
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
Sustainable Development Goals
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