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 …

The domestic garden–Its contribution to urban green infrastructure

RWF Cameron, T Blanuša, JE Taylor… - Urban forestry & urban …, 2012 - Elsevier
Domestic gardens provide a significant component of urban green infrastructure but their
relative contribution to eco-system service provision remains largely un-quantified.'Green …

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 …

Are urban systems beneficial, detrimental, or indifferent for biological invasion?

MW Cadotte, SLE Yasui, S Livingstone, JS MacIvor - Biological invasions, 2017 - Springer
Urban environments are often seen as unique or degraded habitats that both present
hardships for some sensitive species and provide opportunities to others. Non-indigenous …

Planting gardens to support insect pollinators

AA Majewska, S Altizer - Conservation Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Global insect pollinator declines have prompted habitat restoration efforts, including
pollinator‐friendly gardening. Gardens can provide nectar and pollen for adult insects and …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Contribution of home gardens to sustainable development: perspectives from a supported opinion essay

M Santos, H Moreira, JA Cabral, R Gabriel… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Home gardening has a long history that started when humans became sedentary, being
traditionally considered an accessible source of food and medicinal plants to treat common …

Contrasting impacts of pesticides on butterflies and bumblebees in private gardens in France

A Muratet, B Fontaine - Biological Conservation, 2015 - Elsevier
Private gardens are an important food source and refuge for animals in urban areas
because they represent a large part of the green space. It has been shown that garden …

The whereabouts of flower visitors: contrasting land-use preferences revealed by a country-wide survey based on citizen science

N Deguines, R Julliard, M De Flores, C Fontaine - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Background In the past decade, accumulating evidence of pollinator decline has raised
concerns regarding the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems and the sustainability of crop …

Insect biomass shows a stronger decrease than species richness along urban gradients

CS Svenningsen, B Peters, DE Bowler… - Insect Conservation …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic land cover change is a major driver of biodiversity loss, with urbanisation and
farmland practices responsible for some of the most drastic modifications of natural habitats …