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How can managers consider bumble bees during post-fire management?

2017 Research Brief

Description

Bumble bees are important pollinators of native plant species. This brief provides information that can support managers in making nuanced decisions to benefit bumble bees during post-fire management.


Contact

Shana Gross, segross@fs.fed.us

Additional Information

Loffland, H.L., J.S. Polasik, M.W. Tingley, E.A. Elsey, C. Loffland, G. Lebuhn, and R.B. Siegel. 2017. Bumble Bee Use of Post-Fire Chaparral in the Central Sierra Nevada. The Journal of Wildlife Management 81(6): 1084-1097.