How urbanization is driving pollinator diversity and pollination–A systematic review

A Wenzel, I Grass, VV Belavadi, T Tscharntke - Biological Conservation, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Urban areas are growing worldwide and alter landscapes in a persistent fashion, thereby
affecting biodiversity and ecosystem services such as pollination in a little understood way …

Biodiversity in residential gardens: a review of the evidence base

RJ Delahay, D Sherman, B Soyalan… - Biodiversity and …, 2023‏ - Springer
Residential gardens are a principal component of urban green infrastructure throughout the
world and their potential positive contributions to biodiversity are increasingly recognised …

Where is the UK's pollinator biodiversity? The importance of urban areas for flower-visiting insects

KCR Baldock, MA Goddard… - … of the Royal …, 2015‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Insect pollinators provide a crucial ecosystem service, but are under threat. Urban areas
could be important for pollinators, though their value relative to other habitats is poorly …

Historical nectar assessment reveals the fall and rise of floral resources in Britain

M Baude, WE Kunin, ND Boatman, S Conyers… - Nature, 2016‏ - nature.com
There is considerable concern over declines in insect pollinator communities and potential
impacts on the pollination of crops and wildflowers,,,. Among the multiple pressures facing …

Scaling up from gardens: biodiversity conservation in urban environments

MA Goddard, AJ Dougill, TG Benton - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2010‏ - cell.com
As urbanisation increases globally and the natural environment becomes increasingly
fragmented, the importance of urban green spaces for biodiversity conservation grows. In …

Decline and conservation of bumble bees

D Goulson, GC Lye, B Darvill - Annu. Rev. Entomol., 2008‏ - annualreviews.org
Declines in bumble bee species in the past 60 years are well documented in Europe, where
they are driven primarily by habitat loss and declines in floral abundance and diversity …

Using DNA metabarcoding to identify the floral composition of honey: A new tool for investigating honey bee foraging preferences

J Hawkins, N De Vere, A Griffith, CR Ford… - PloS one, 2015‏ - journals.plos.org
Identifying the floral composition of honey provides a method for investigating the plants that
honey bees visit. We compared melissopalynology, where pollen grains retrieved from …

[ספר][B] Bumblebees: behaviour, ecology, and conservation

D Goulson - 2010‏ - books.google.com
Bumblebees are familiar and charismatic insects, occurring throughout much of the world.
They are increasingly being used as a model organism for studying a wide range of …

Quantifying variation among garden plants in attractiveness to bees and other flower‐visiting insects

M Garbuzov, FLW Ratnieks - Functional Ecology, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Pollinating insects are globally declining, with one of the main causes being the loss of
flowers. With the value of countryside reducing, urban areas, particularly gardens, are …

Urban domestic gardens (IX): composition and richness of the vascular plant flora, and implications for native biodiversity

RM Smith, K Thompson, JG Hodgson, PH Warren… - Biological …, 2006‏ - Elsevier
Garden floras interact with native biodiversity by providing resources for wildlife and by
acting as a source of non-native species. Understanding the composition and richness of …