Untangling the Complexity of Climate Change Effects on Plant Reproductive Traits and Pollinators: A Systematic Global Synthesis
Por:
Martén-Rodríguez, S, Cristobal-Pérez, EJ, de Santiago-Hernández, MH, Huerta-Ramos, G, Clemente-Martínez, L, Krupnick, G, Taylor, O, Lopezaraiza-Mikel, M, Balvino-Olvera, FJ, Sentíes-Aguilar, EM, Díaz-Infante, S, Jaimes, AA, Novais, S, Cortés-Flores, J, Lobo-Segura, J, Fuchs, EJ, Delgado-Carrillo, O, Ruiz-Mercado, I, Sáyago-Lorenzana, R, Pérez-Arroyo, K, Quesada, M
Publicada:
1 feb 2025
Resumen:
Climate change is expected to affect the morphological, physiological, and life-history traits of plants and animal pollinators due to more frequent extreme heat and other altered weather patterns. This systematic literature review evaluates the effects of climate change on plant and pollinator traits on a global scale to determine how species responses vary among Earth's ecosystems, climate variables, taxonomic groups, and organismal traits. We compiled studies conducted under natural or experimental conditions (excluding agricultural species) and analyzed species response patterns for each trait (advance vs. delay or no change for phenology, decrease vs. increase or no change for other traits). Climate change has advanced plant and animal phenologies across most Earth's biomes, but evidence for temporal plant-pollinator mismatches remains limited. Flower production and plant reproductive success showed diverse responses to warming and low water availability in Alpine and Temperate ecosystems, and a trend for increased or neutral responses in Arctic and Tropical biomes. Nectar rewards mainly experienced negative effects under warming and drought across Alpine and Temperate biomes, but scent emissions increased or changed in composition. Life form (woody vs. nonwoody species) did not significantly influence trait response patterns to climate change. Pollinator fecundity, size, life-history, developmental, and physiological traits mostly declined with warming across biomes; however, animal abundance and resource acquisition traits showed diverse responses. This review identified critical knowledge gaps that limit our understanding of the impacts of climate change, particularly in tropical/subtropical biomes and southern latitudes. It also highlights the urgent need to sample across a greater range of plant families and pollinator taxa (e.g., beetles, wasps, vertebrates). The diversity of climate change effects should be assessed in the context of other anthropogenic drivers of global change that threaten critically important pollination interactions.
Filiaciones:
Martén-Rodríguez, S:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
UNAM UCR, Lab Binacl, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Cristobal-Pérez, EJ:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
UNAM UCR, Lab Binacl, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
de Santiago-Hernández, MH:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
Univ Michoacana, Fac Biol, Lab Vida Silvestre, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Huerta-Ramos, G:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
UNAM UCR, Lab Binacl, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Clemente-Martínez, L:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
UNAM UCR, Lab Binacl, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Krupnick, G:
Smithsonian Inst, Natl Museum Nat Hist, Washington, DC 20560 USA
Taylor, O:
Univ Kansas, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Lawrence, KS USA
Lopezaraiza-Mikel, M:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
Univ Autonoma Guerrero, Escuela Super Desarrollo Sustentable, Tecpan De Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico
Balvino-Olvera, FJ:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
Sentíes-Aguilar, EM:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
Díaz-Infante, S:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
Jaimes, AA:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
Inst Ecol AC, Red Interacc Multitrof, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Univ Autonoma Yucatan, Dept Ecol Trop, Campus Ciencias Biol & Agr, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Novais, S:
Inst Ecol AC, Red Interacc Multitrof, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Cortés-Flores, J:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Inst Biol, Jardin Bot, Sede Tlaxcala, Santa Cruz Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala, Mexico
Lobo-Segura, J:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
UNAM UCR, Lab Binacl, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Fuchs, EJ:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
UNAM UCR, Lab Binacl, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Univ Costa Rica, Escuela Biol, San Pedro, Costa Rica
Delgado-Carrillo, O:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
Ruiz-Mercado, I:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
Escuela Nacl Estudios Super, Unidad Merida, Ucu, Yucatan, Mexico
Sáyago-Lorenzana, R:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
Univ Autonoma Guerrero, Escuela Super Desarrollo Sustentable, Tecpan De Galeana, Guerrero, Mexico
Pérez-Arroyo, K:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
Quesada, M:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Lab Nacl Anal & Sintesis Ecol LANASE, Unidad Morelia, Morelia 58190, Michoacan, Mexico
UNAM UCR, Lab Binacl, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Inst Invest Ecosistemas & Sustentabil, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
hybrid, All Open Access; Hybrid Gold Open Access
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