A. Singh, A. Chandra, K. De, V. P. Uniyal, S. Sathyakumar
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Abstract
ABSTRACT Bumble bees, along other managed honeybee species, provide vital pollination services to a wide range of agricultural and wild plants over the Himalayan range. As a result, it is regarded as one of the most important pollinator species in the Himalayan area. For the first time in our knowledge, we report an assessment of existing and projected habitat suitability distribution of bumble bees in the Great Himalayan National Park Conservation area. Between May 2018 and October 2019, nine species were reported in the region. A maximum entropy (MaxEnt) species distribution model was used to make future forecasts for the year 2050 utilising bioclimatic and biophysical data. The Jackknife test was performed to assess the variables’ contribution to predictive modelling. In the year 2050, Bombus tunicatus, Bombus haemorrhoidalis, Bombus festivus and Bombus asiaticus will be in more danger, representing the least suitable territory, according to a comparison of the nine species of bumble bees. This loss in species distribution area may result in the extinction of vital wildflower pollinators in the near future.
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Oriental Insects is an international, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication of original research articles and reviews on the taxonomy, ecology, biodiversity and evolution of insects and other land arthropods of the Old World and Australia. Manuscripts referring to Africa, Australia and Oceania are highly welcomed. Research papers covering the study of behaviour, conservation, forensic and medical entomology, urban entomology and pest control are encouraged, provided that the research has relevance to Old World or Australian entomofauna. Precedence will be given to more general manuscripts (e.g. revisions of higher taxa, papers with combined methodologies or referring to larger geographic units). Descriptive manuscripts should refer to more than a single species and contain more general results or discussion (e.g. determination keys, biological or ecological data etc.). Laboratory works without zoogeographic or taxonomic reference to the scope of the journal will not be accepted.