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The influence of climatic seasonality on the diversity of different tropical pollinator groups [1]

Tropical South America is rich in different groups of pollinators, but the biotic and abiotic factors determining the geographical distribution of their species richness are poorly understood. We analyzed the species richness of three groups of pollinators (bees and wasps, butterflies, hummingbirds) in six tropical forests in the Bolivian lowlands along a gradient of climatic seasonality and precipitation ranging from 410 mm to 6250 mm.

Publication Date: 
02/11/2011
Stefan Abrahamczyk [2], Jürgen Kluge [3], Yuvinka Gareca & et al [4]
PLoS ONE [5]
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Tags:
Climate Change [6], Climate Impacts [7], Bees [8], Butterflies [9], Bolivia [10], South America [11], Ecosystem Services [12]
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/j%C3%BCrgen-kluge
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/yuvinka-gareca-et-al
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