Urban fragmentation leads to lower floral diversity, with knock-on impacts on bee biodiversity

Abstract Bees and flowering plants are two closely interacting groups of organisms. Habitat loss and fragmentation associated with urbanisation are major threats to both partners. Yet how and why bee and floral richness and diversity co-vary within the urban landscape remain unclear. Here, we sample...

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Main Authors: Panagiotis Theodorou, Sarah-Christine Herbst, Belinda Kahnt, Patricia Landaverde-González, Lucie M. Baltz, Julia Osterman, Robert J. Paxton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78736-x