Historic datasets reveal effects of climate change and habitat loss on plant-pollinator networks
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 20:00
in Earth & Climate
Two biologists at Washington University in St. Louis were delighted to discover a meticulous dataset on a plant-pollinator network recorded by Illinois naturalist Charles Robertson between 1884 and 1916. Re-collecting part of Robertson's network, they learned that although the network has compensated for some losses, battered by climate change and habitat loss it is now weaker and less resilient than in Robertson's time.