Bumblebees are ubiquitous, cold‐adapted eusocial bees found worldwide from subarctic to
tropical regions of the world. They are key pollinators in most temperate and boreal …

Simple Summary Wild bees represent the main group of pollinators in Europe, being
responsible for the reproduction of numerous flowering plants. However, like a non …

Climate plays a key role in shaping population trends and determining the geographic
distribution of species because of limits in species' thermal tolerance. An evaluation of …

A problem for understanding bumblebee biogeography is that if bumblebees dispersed from
Asia through North America to South America, if they are poor at long-distance dispersal …

Many claims that uplift of the Qinghai‐Tibetan plateau (QTP) drove the divergences of extant
high‐elevation biota have recently been challenged. For Mendacibombus bumblebees, high …

As a result of habitat loss and a number of additional potential causes, populations of both
managed and unmanaged bees have been reported to be declining during at least the last …

The hypnorum-complex of bumblebees (in the genus Bombus Latreille, 1802) has been
interpreted as consisting of a single widespread Old-World species, Bombus hypnorum …

The majority of bat rabies cases in Europe are attributed to European bat 1 lyssavirus (EBLV-
1), circulating mainly in serotine bats (Eptesicus serotinus). Two subtypes have been …

Red deer and wild boar are two major game species whose populations are managed and
live in areas impacted by human activities. Measuring and understanding the impact of …

Molecular tools are increasingly applied for assessing and monitoring biodiversity and
informing conservation action. While recent developments in genetic and genomic methods …