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Wrapping up the year with another collaboration published in Ecology Letters. We found that the effect of distance to forests on bee diversity and pollination varies by region: minimal varied impact in the Neotropics, but strong negative in temperate areas. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Proximity to Natural Habitat Is Not Consistently Associated With Pollination Services in Tropical Smallholder Farms: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 35 studies to examine the relationship between distance to natural habitat and pollinator abundance, species richness and crop fruit set in tropi...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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Change is in the air. New data strengthen a hint that dark energy, long thought to be constant force in the universe, might change over time.
A map of 14 million galaxies and quasars deepens a dark energy mystery
The DESI experiment shocked cosmologists with a hint that dark energy varies over time. Now, with more data, the conclusions hold up.
buff.ly
March 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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NEW IN GCB(ee) 🐝
Land Use Change Consistently Reduces α‐ But Not β‐ and γ‐Diversity of Bees

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January 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Bee break for mental health-
leaf-cutter bee on Douglas aster.

I never stop being in awe of the diversity of bees on our small urban lot.

Snuneymuxw Territory
South End, Nanaimo
Summer 2024

#bcnativebees #southendnanaimo
February 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM