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 …

Hierarchical filters determine community assembly of urban species pools

MFJ Aronson, CH Nilon, CA Lepczyk, TS Parker… - Ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The majority of humanity now lives in cities or towns, with this proportion expected to
continue increasing for the foreseeable future. As novel ecosystems, urban areas offer an …

Urbanisation drivers and underlying mechanisms of terrestrial insect diversity loss in cities

MS Fenoglio, A Calviño, E González… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
1. Urbanisation is one of the main land‐use changes behind global insect collapse. Despite
that previous studies have described the negative effects of urbanisation on insect …

Relationship of insect biomass and richness with land use along a climate gradient

J Uhler, S Redlich, J Zhang, T Hothorn… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Recently reported insect declines have raised both political and social concern. Although
the declines have been attributed to land use and climate change, supporting evidence …

Urban drivers of plant‐pollinator interactions

T Harrison, R Winfree - Functional Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Plant–pollinator interactions are affected by global change, with largely negative impacts on
pollination and plant reproduction. Urban areas provide a unique and productive study …

Landscape impacts on pollinator communities in temperate systems: evidence and knowledge gaps

D Senapathi, MA Goddard, WE Kunin… - Functional …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This review assesses current knowledge about the interplay between landscape and
pollinator communities. Our primary aim is to provide an evidence base, identify key gaps in …

The conservation value of urban green space habitats for Australian native bee communities

CG Threlfall, K Walker, NSG Williams, AK Hahs… - Biological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Networks of urban green space can provide critical resources for wild bees, however it is
unclear which attributes of green spaces provide these resources, or how their management …

[HTML][HTML] Decline in wild bee species richness associated with honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) abundance in an urban ecosystem

G MacInnis, E Normandin, CD Ziter - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
The spatial heterogeneity of urban landscapes, relatively low agrochemical use, and
species-rich floral communities often support a surprising diversity of wild pollinators in …

Native plants are the bee's knees: local and landscape predictors of bee richness and abundance in backyard gardens

GL Pardee, SM Philpott - Urban Ecosystems, 2014 - Springer
Urban gardens may support bees by providing resources in otherwise resource-poor
environments. However, it is unclear whether urban, backyard gardens with native plants …

The proportion of impervious surfaces at the landscape scale structures wild bee assemblages in a densely populated region

B Geslin, V Le Féon, M Folschweiller… - Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Given the predicted expansion of cities throughout the world, understanding the effect of
urbanization on bee fauna is a major issue for the conservation of bees. The aim of this …