Montane Central Appalachian Forests Provide Refuge for the Critically Endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis)
Mark J. Hepner,
Ellison Orcutt,
Kyle Price
et al.
Abstract:The mountains of Central Appalachia are rich with environmental variance and host a wide variety of community types and diverse flora and fauna. The once common Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee (RPBB, Bombus affinis) has experienced widespread declines and was believed to have been extirpated throughout the Lower Midwest, Northeast and Appalachian regions of the United States (U.S.). We document the occurrence and environmental associations of a contemporary population within Central Appalachia using a dataset of 274 … Show more
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