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Student 10-Minute Paper

Systematics, Evolution, and Biodiversity

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Grad Competition SysEB: Phylogenetics

Patterns of bumble bee ecological niches from a phylogenetic perspective

Monday, November 6, 2023
8:48 AM - 9:00 AM ET
Location: Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Chesapeake E-F
In-Person Student Competition

    Presenting Author(s)

  • Tatiana Bush

    Graduate Student
    Washington State University
    Pullman, Washington

    • Co-Author(s)

  • Elizabeth Murray

    Assistant Professor and Director of the MT James Entomological Museum
    Washington State University
    Colton, Washington

  • GZ

    Gengping Zhu

    Washington State University
    Pullman, Washington

  • Silas Bossert (he/him/his)

    Researcher
    Washington State University
    Pullman, Washington

Bumble bees (Bombus) have caught the interest of the public and scientists alike, leading to numerous species records across many citizen science platforms (e.g., iNaturalist), well-known life history for many species, and a relatively well sampled phylogeny. Despite this knowledge, we know little of what drives their diversification. An open area of research is how the fundamental niche, the environmental conditions in which a species has the potential to exist, has evolved in a phylogenetic framework. We can combine species records and climate variables to achieve an estimation of the fundamental niche through ecological niche modeling. Then using the models and the phylogeny we can examine aspects of the fundamental niche that affect diversification. Examining 55 species of bumble bees in North America, using over 400,000 species records, and processing climatic variables, we examine ecological factors as discrete and continuous traits on the phylogenetic tree.