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Climate Change Extent and Dipteran Pollinators Diversity in Africa

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This chapter reveals that there are five known pollinating dipteran families common in the Afrotropical region, namely, Syrphidae, Nemestrinidae, Bombyliidae, Calliphoridae, and Rhiniidae. Only the first three families have their habitat preference revealed, that is, Syrphidae, Nemestrinidae, and Bombyliidae; these are occurring in places where rainfall is less than 400 mm annually, occupying all habitat types except where the forest has closed canopy thus associated with open arid and semi-arid regions, respectively. Most common climate events in Africa are drought, desertification, flooding, and land degradation. There is an expected 1.1–6.4 °C temperature rise by the end of the twenty-first century and 2% precipitation increase observed globally. The impact of climate change in Africa is bound to be severe because of direct effects, high agricultural dependence, and limited capacity to adapt. Due to climate change, flies ranges may shift, population change will occur, and extinction of certain species will be observed. Dipterans respond to environmental modification either by adapting to new conditions or by shifting their geographic distributions toward suitable areas. Decrease in dipteran species population will result in reduced flowering plants population, i.e., reduced diversity, thereby consequently reducing the yield produced. Plant diversity is essential for food production, therapeutic drug development, and cultural values, thereby being important to maintain it. There is need to reduce perpetrators of climate change so that pollinating dipteran population may not be affected, thus boosting up plant diversity as a result. There are some flies produced commercially to boost pollination of crops, i.e., calliphorid flies to aid pollination of lettuce, garlic, sunflower, pepper, buckwheat, and canola; therefore it is advisable to breed other species as well.

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Banda, A., Madamba, D.C., Gumbo, T., Chanyandura, A. (2021). Climate Change Extent and Dipteran Pollinators Diversity in Africa. In: Luetz, J.M., Ayal, D. (eds) Handbook of Climate Change Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57281-5_306

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