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

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 known. We compared pollinator communities using quantified flower-visitation networks in 36 sites (each 1 km2) in thre...

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Main Authors: Baldock, Katherine C. R., Goddard, Mark A., Hicks, Damien M., Kunin, William E., Mitschunas, Nadine, Osgathorpe, Lynne M., Potts, Simon G., Robertson, Kirsty M., Scott, Anna V., Stone, Graham N., Vaughan, Ian P., Memmott, Jane
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4345454/