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Plant-pollinator interactions along an urbanization gradient from cities and villages to farmland landscapes.

AutorInnen: 
Udy KL, Reininghaus H, Scherber C, Tscharntke T
Erscheinungsjahr: 
2020
Vollständiger Titel: 
Plant-pollinator interactions along an urbanization gradient from cities and villages to farmland landscapes.
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Publiziert in: 
Ecosphere
Publikationstyp: 
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Bibliographische Angaben: 
Udy KL, Reininghaus H, Scherber C, Tscharntke T (2020) Plant-pollinator interactions along an urbanization gradient from cities and villages to farmland landscapes. Ecosphere 11:e03020
Abstract: 

Urbanization affects pollinator diversity and plant–pollinator networks by changing resource availability locally and in the surrounding landscape. We experimentally established (N = 12) standardized plant communities in farmland, villages, and cities to identify the relative role of local and landscape effects on plant–pollinator communities along this urbanization gradient. We found that the number of flower visits by solitary bees, but not bumblebees, was highest in cities and lowest in farmland, with villages being intermediate, whereas syrphid flies exhibited lowest numbers in cities. Villages supported the richest pollinator communities, as they appeared to benefit from both farmland and city communities. Plant–pollinator network metrics such as robustness, interaction evenness, and interaction diversity decreased with increasing urbanization, although local plant richness increased toward urban areas. In conclusion, pollinator communities were most diverse and stable in farmland and village sites, despite the high plant richness in cities. The different composition of pollinator communities along the urbanization gradient suggests considering all three landscape types for conservation schemes.

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