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SUBMITTER: Senapathi D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4426632 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Senapathi Deepa D Carvalheiro Luísa G LG Biesmeijer Jacobus C JC Dodson Cassie-Ann CA Evans Rebecca L RL McKerchar Megan M Morton R Daniel RD Moss Ellen D ED Roberts Stuart P M SP Kunin William E WE Potts Simon G SG
Proceedings. Biological sciences 20150501 1806
Change in land cover is thought to be one of the key drivers of pollinator declines, and yet there is a dearth of studies exploring the relationships between historical changes in land cover and shifts in pollinator communities. Here, we explore, for the first time, land cover changes in England over more than 80 years, and relate them to concurrent shifts in bee and wasp species richness and community composition. Using historical data from 14 sites across four counties, we quantify the key lan ...[more]