Pollinators respond positively to urban green space enhancements using wild and ornamental flowers

O Poole, A Costa, CN Kaiser‐Bunbury… - Insect Conservation …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Pollinator diversity and abundance are under direct threat from human activities. Despite
societal dependence on pollinators for crop production, humankind continues to drive …

[HTML][HTML] Flower-rich road verges increase abundance of flower visitors in the surrounding landscape

S Horstmann, L Herbertsson, BK Klatt, AG Auffret… - Basic and Applied …, 2025 - Elsevier
Flower-visiting insects and the plants that depend on them are declining due to habitat loss
and deterioration. Road verges, which often provide abundant floral resources, are gaining …

Flower‐visitor and pollen‐load data provide complementary insight into species and individual network roles

AR Cirtwill, H Wirta, R Kaartinen, G Ballantyne… - Oikos, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Most animal pollination results from plant–insect interactions, but how we perceive these
interactions may differ with the sampling method adopted. The two most common methods …

Pollinator abundance, not the richness, benefits from urban green spaces in intensive agricultural land

L Lorenzato, E Fantinato, D Sommaggio, S Favarin… - Urban …, 2024 - Springer
In the debate on the impact of urbanisation on biodiversity, two characteristics of
urbanisation have been identified that mainly determine the extent of the impact, namely the …

The impact of traffic, management and landscape on flower-visiting insects and plants in road verges

S Horstmann - Acta Universitatis Agriculturae Sueciae, 2024 - pub.epsilon.slu.se
Road verges can provide habitat for flower-visiting insects that depend on open grassland
habitats for feeding and nesting resources. However, road verges can also be harmful or …

[PDF][PDF] Delineating important pollinator areas in Flanders (northern Belgium)

D Maes, T Adriaens, F Van de Meutter… - Reports of the …, 2024 - researchgate.net
The strong and rapid decline of pollinators and other insects has recently drawn attention
from both scientists and the media. The main threats to insects are habitat loss and …

Nocturnal moth communities and potential pollinators of berry agroecosystems in British Columbia

HLD Anderson - 2024 - open.library.ubc.ca
Agricultural crops are facing a global pollination crisis due to the anthropogenic threats of
climate change, habitat loss, and agricultural intensification, threatening the stability of …