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SUMMARY:Dr. Jessica Forrest
DESCRIPTION:Solitary bees in a warming world



Jessica Forrest, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa



 



Ectotherms in temperate regions stand to benefit from globally rising temperatures, which ought to increase development rates and foraging opportunities. However, climate change can also bring declining snowpack, altered phenology, and more variable weather, all of which may negatively affect ectotherms and other organisms. In this seminar, I will explore ways in which solitary bees—an important group of native pollinators—are affected by climate change, particularly in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, where I have focused my field work. By tracking reproductive success, rates of development and parasitism, and over-winter survival of individual bees, we are beginning to understand what factors limit population growth in bee species with different life-history strategies. The long-term goal is to be able to forecast bee population and community responses to multiple types of environmental change, including a warming climate.
LOCATION:4440Q Carleton Technology and Training Centre, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6
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