[HTML][HTML] Opportunities and threats for pollinator conservation in global towns and cities

KCR Baldock - Current opinion in insect science, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Threats to urban pollinators include urban intensification, climate change,
pesticides and pollution.•Adding honey bee hives could negatively affect wild pollinators in …

[HTML][HTML] Supporting bees in cities: how bees are influenced by local and landscape features

AC Ayers, SM Rehan - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cities are complex ecosystems that, while generally contributing to an
overall reduction in biodiversity, can support surprisingly unique communities of organisms …

[HTML][HTML] Wildness and habitat quality drive spatial patterns of urban biodiversity

C Aznarez, JC Svenning, G Taveira, F Baró… - Landscape and Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban green and blue spaces (UGBS) are key for biodiversity conservation. Many studies
focus on UGBS benefits for well-being, but how UGBS ecological and quality influence …

Are all urban green spaces a favourable habitat for pollinator communities? Bees, butterflies and hoverflies in different urban green areas

Ł Dylewski, Ł Maćkowiak… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
1. Urban ecosystems create suitable habitats for many plant and animal species, including
pollinators. However, heterogenic habitats in city centres and suburban areas have various …

Linking pollinators and city flora: How vegetation composition and environmental features shapes pollinators composition in urban environment

Ł Dylewski, Ł Maćkowiak… - Urban forestry & urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban green areas are an important part of the cities that provide 'novel ecosystem'for the
preservation of many plants and animals. Pollinators are the one animal group that are well …

Indigenous plants promote insect biodiversity in urban greenspaces

L Mata, AN Andersen, A Morán‐Ordóñez… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The contribution of urban greenspaces to support biodiversity and provide benefits for
people is increasingly recognized. However, ongoing management practices favor …

[HTML][HTML] Butterfly species' responses to urbanization: differing effects of human population density and built-up area

M Kuussaari, M Toivonen, J Heliölä, J Pöyry… - Urban …, 2021 - Springer
Good knowledge on how increasing urbanization affects biodiversity is essential in order to
preserve biodiversity in urban green spaces. We examined how urban development affects …

Butterfly richness and abundance along a gradient of imperviousness and the importance of matrix quality

JS Kurylo, CG Threlfall, KM Parris… - Ecological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Heterogeneity in quantity and quality of resources provided in the urban matrix may mitigate
adverse effects of urbanization intensity on the structure of biotic communities. To assess …

Urban moth communities suggest that life in the city favours thermophilic multi-dimensional generalists

M Franzén, PE Betzholtz… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biodiversity is challenged worldwide by exploitation, global warming, changes in land use
and increasing urbanization. It is hypothesized that communities in urban areas should …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity of greenspace design and management impacts pollinator communities in a densely urbanized landscape: the city of Paris, France

V Zaninotto, A Fauviau, I Dajoz - Urban Ecosystems, 2023 - Springer
The response of insect pollinator communities to increasing urbanization is shaped by
landscape and local factors. But what about habitats that are already highly artificial? We …