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Date: | Fri, 3 Mar 2023 15:06:19 -0500 |
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While it may be temping to seek any possible "alternate explanation" so as to deny the problem at hand, let's not selectively quote to give the impression of uncertainty when the up-front conclusions offered are clearly-stated, as follows:
"Our results provide knowledge on the intraspecific variation of phenological traits, indicating that early species (often common species) exhibit a higher plastic response to the environment, which may facilitate adaptation to both climate and landscape changes, compared to the late species of which many are declining."
So, the early-emerging bumbles are emerging earlier, and thereby "adapting", while the later-emerging species are finding that their go-to blooms are past bloom when they emerge, which results in "declining", a euphemism for ending up on the endangered species list, and then the "extinct in the wild" list.
When our great-grandchildren ask us "You were a beekeeper, why didn't you keep the bees alive?" those "alternative explanations" are going to look very lame.
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