Evaluating the effects of climate warming on wild bee communities
Abstract
Wild bees are important pollinators for both crop and wild plants worldwide and are essential for human well-being. At the same time, many bee species are threatened. Besides habitat loss, intensification of land use, stress from parasites and pesticides, climate change is affecting the distribution and survival of especially endangered species. However, little is known about the specific mechanisms and the impact on certain wild bee species. But this knowledge is essential to determine constructive measures for effective wild bee protection and thus to ensure pollination. In Austria, different effects of climate change on wild bees can be observed in a very small area. In the east, with the Pannonian influence, there is an extensive spread of Mediterranean and Eastern European species, while in the Alpine region wild bees adapted to cooler habitats migrate to higher regions. The aim of this project is therefore to condense historical and recent bee distribution data in selected areas to such an extent that climate-induced dispersal shifts can be detected and modelling into the future is possible. With regard to historical data, bee collections from various provincial museums, literature and databases will be processed. In addition, surveys at historically well investigated sites will be repeated to complete recent bee data. The cooperation of bee experts, meteorologists and climate modelers gives an outlook on the development of wild bee diversity in the future. New findings are made available to the scientific community, stakeholders and the public. The results will provide the scientific basis for a better understanding of the climate system and the consequences of climate change for wild bees.
wild bee climate change land use modelling
Publikationen
Project staff
Baerbel Pachinger
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Baerbel Pachinger
baerbel.pachinger@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-83414
Project Leader
01.10.2020 - 31.12.2023
Herbert Formayer
Assoc. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Herbert Formayer
herbert.formayer@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81415
Sub Projectleader
01.10.2020 - 31.12.2023
Benedikt Becsi
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Benedikt Becsi
benedikt.becsi@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81403
Project Staff
01.10.2020 - 31.12.2023
Christa Hainz-Renetzeder
Mag. Dr. Christa Hainz-Renetzeder
christa.hainz-renetzeder@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-85324
Project Staff
01.10.2020 - 31.12.2023
Georg Martin Hörmann
Georg Martin Hörmann B.Sc.
georg.hoermann@students.boku.ac.at
Project Staff
01.10.2020 - 31.12.2023
Judit Kerschbaumer-Stöckler
Judit Kerschbaumer-Stöckler B.Sc.
judit.kerschbaumer@students.boku.ac.at
Project Staff
01.03.2023 - 30.06.2023
Barbara König
BEd Dipl.-Ing. Barbara König Bakk.techn.
barbara.koenig@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-81437
Project Staff
01.10.2020 - 31.12.2023
Victor Sebastian Scharnhorst
Victor Sebastian Scharnhorst MSc.
victor.scharnhorst@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-83419
Project Staff
01.10.2020 - 31.12.2023
BOKU partners
External partners
Biology Centre Linz of the Upper Austrian State Museum
Esther Ockermüller
partner
Neumayer Johann
Johann Neumayer
partner