Supporting local bumblebee habitats and conservation can help save these insects, said Stamp.
“It’s not too late to help native bumblebees,” she said. About the researcher: Stamp's research interests include community ecology and science education. Her current work is focused on plant defense theory (why some plants are well-defended and others are not) and the challenges of testing hypotheses about plant defense. Within that context, her research has also addressed the set of factors that determine how well insect predators do in different situations, in particular temperature (or climate) changes, when prey contain plant-defensive chemicals and when prey are scarce.
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