Abstract
Despite negative impacts of urbanisation, urban gardens and allotments can provide habitat and resources for pollinating insects.
Using an interdisciplinary approach, I assess socio-economic and environmental drivers in structuring urban pollinator communities, testing ecological and social approaches in allotment gardens along a deprivation gradient in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Surveys for plant-pollinator interactions and floral resources were conducted along linear transects and in individual plots. Social surveys of allotment holders collected information about garden management, socio-demographic features and biodiversity perception.
The study offers an overview on the relationships between socio-economic and ecological drivers and pollinator diversity and abundance in urban allotments.
Using an interdisciplinary approach, I assess socio-economic and environmental drivers in structuring urban pollinator communities, testing ecological and social approaches in allotment gardens along a deprivation gradient in Newcastle upon Tyne.
Surveys for plant-pollinator interactions and floral resources were conducted along linear transects and in individual plots. Social surveys of allotment holders collected information about garden management, socio-demographic features and biodiversity perception.
The study offers an overview on the relationships between socio-economic and ecological drivers and pollinator diversity and abundance in urban allotments.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 29 Mar 2022 |
| Event | Student Conference on Conservation Science - Cambridge, United Kingdom Duration: 29 Mar 2022 → 31 Mar 2022 https://www.sccs-cam.org/ |
Conference
| Conference | Student Conference on Conservation Science |
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| Abbreviated title | SCCS 2022 |
| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Cambridge |
| Period | 29/03/22 → 31/03/22 |
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