Climate change impacts on insect pollinators has largely focused on changes in abundance and range, yet pollination capacity also relies on ability to acquire, process and respond to information. We argue for the urgent need to focus on these largely overlooked processes by describing how insect sensory ecology and behaviour are affected by temperature and highlighting key knowledge gaps that should be addressed.
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This work was supported by an Interdisciplinary Research Environment Grant from the Swedish Research Council (grant number 2018-06238). M.G. was also supported by a Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher Grant from the Wenner-Gren Stiftelserna (grant number UPD2021-0044).
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Gérard, M., Vanderplanck, M., Restrepo, C.E. et al. Sensory perception and behaviour of insect pollinators under climate change. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 596–598 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01720-6
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