Predicting adaptive responses to climate change in Australian native bees

该项目旨在通过研究一种很大程度上被忽视但在经济上很重要的物种：澳大利亚本土蜜蜂，来了解昆虫如何适应气候变化。本地蜜蜂是农作物和本地植物的重要传粉者，但它们对气候变化的敏感性尚不清楚。预期的结果包括关于本地蜜蜂对气候变化的适应能力的新知识，以及可应用于许多物种的预测气候变化适应能力的新有效工具。预期的好处包括增加我们对本地蜜蜂在澳大利亚自然和农业生态系统中充当未来传粉者的潜力的了解，并指导政策和管理决策，以更好地保护和保存我们的蜜蜂动物群。

This project aims to understand how insects will adapt to climate change by examining a largely overlooked but economically important group of species: Australian native bees. Native bees are important pollinators of both crops and native plants, but their sensitivity to changes in climate are unknown. Expected outcomes include new knowledge of the resilience of native bees to climate change, and new effective tools for predicting climate change resilience that can be applied to many species. The intended benefits include increasing our understanding of the potential for native bees to act as future pollinators in Australia’s natural and agro-ecosystems, and guide policy and management decisions to better protect and conserve our bee fauna.