Features of urban green space favourable for large and diverse bee populations (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes)

Banaszak‐Cibicka, Weronika; Ratyńska, Halina; Dylewski, Łukasz

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2016.10.015

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“…Compared with other types of green space, grasslands provide a wider variety of insect-pollinated flowers for adult butterflies, and host plants for larval butterflies. An essential factor positively affecting bee richness and abundance was insect-pollinated plant cover; this confirmed our previous findings (Banaszak-Cibicka et al, 2016). Intensive management in traditional urban parks may have a long-term negative impact on butterfly communities.…”

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

Dylewski

Maćkowiak

Banaszak‐Cibicka

2019

Ecological Entomology

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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 effects on pollinators due to variations in the composition of vegetation and in landscape management by humans.2. This study compared the abundance and species richness of three main groups of pollinators -wild bees, butterflies, and hoverflies -in Poznań, western Poland, and in three different types of urban green areas -urban grasslands, urban parks, and green infrastructure in housing estates.3. The total abundance of pollinators was higher in urban grasslands than in housing estates and urban parks. Species composition of pollinator communities differed between the three habitat types.4. The study results showed that species richness and abundance of butterflies varied between habitat types, whereas no such differences were found in the case of wild bees and hoverflies. Cover of green area, vegetation structure, and plant height were important for the pollinator community; however, these variables had different effects depending on habitat type. 5. These findings revealed that not all urban green areas are equally valuable in terms of local biodiversity. High-quality urban habitats such as urban grasslands are capable of supporting rich and abundant populations of pollinators. Therefore, it is important to protect high-value urban green areas and simultaneously strive to improve intensively managed urban habitats through effective planning and new management practices.

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

Dylewski

Maćkowiak

Banaszak‐Cibicka

2019

Ecological Entomology

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“…At the same time, the relatively large area of the Citadel Park and direct vicinity of the Warta River are conducive to migration and inflow of taxa to the Park from other areas (Banaszak-Cibicka et al 2016). Environments in the urban landscape, which display richness of plant species or community structure comparable to that encountered in natural settings, might support bee occurrence also in other parts of the city (Garbuzov and Ratnieks 2014).…”

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“…Therefore, in order to protect these immensely beneficial insects it is important to improve the quality of urban green areas, which provide a habitat for bees (McIntyre and Hostetler 2001;McFrederick and LeBuhn 2006;Smith et al 2006;Matteson et al 2008). It is vital to preserve diverse urban green areas and improve the way they connect with larger green areas directly adjacent to suburban areas (Snep et al 2006;Banaszak-Cibicka et al 2016). Moreover, it would also be necessary to limit the frequency of lawn mowing in the flowering time of plants that comprise an important source of food for bees in cities, as well as to plant additional shrubs, which could complement or replace the mowed herbaceous plants.…”

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City parks vs. natural areas - is it possible to preserve a natural level of bee richness and abundance in a city park?

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Urbanisation is an expansive process and a majority of insects live in human-modified areas. At the same time, a decrease in pollinator species richness and abundance has recently been observed in Europe, which in turn may have serious ecological and economic consequences. This study investigates the abundance, species richness and functional traits of wild bees in urban city parks in comparison to natural areas. The aim of this research was to assess the potential conservation values of urban green areas for bees. The present study demonstrates that a large and diversified city park may be a favourable habitat for bees, comparable to the natural fauna both in terms of the number and abundance of bee species. However, the study also showed that there were differences in the occurrence of species with different functional traits in the city parks investigated and in the natural landscape.

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“…Secondly, it is not obvious that environmental pollution increases with urbanization, since in farmland a great amount of insecticides is being applied, while cities seem to be pesticide-free zones. Urban habitats may also provide rich food resources and foraging opportunities for bees, thus increasing bee abundance and density (Blackmore and Goulson 2014;Banaszak-Cibicka et al 2016).…”

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Body size and wing asymmetry in bees along an urbanization gradient

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-The global loss of bee diversity and abundance is a central issue in conservation biology. There is increasing evidence that cities may play an important role in bee conservation, although urbanization may also have negative impacts. Here, we investigate individual body size variation and wing asymmetry (based on 11 traits) in the solitary bee Anthophora plumipes along a rural-urban gradient in Poland. The body size of captured individuals did not show any changes along the gradient. Directional asymmetry was present, since differences between sides in 10 out of 11 traits deviated significantly from zero, with the right-side wing traits being generally larger. In contrast to our expectations, the forewing was more asymmetric in rural than in suburban and urban areas. Similarly, the absolute asymmetry of 11 wing traits (i.e. pooling differences but ignoring direction) was also significantly greater in rural than in suburban and urban landscapes. Since asymmetry may be attributed to environmental pollution and food shortages, we conclude that the urban landscape provides bees with habitats of higher quality and thus should be considered as an important habitat for bee conservation.hymenoptera / Apoidea / bees / city / directional asymmetry

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Features of urban green space favourable for large and diverse bee populations (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes)

Cited by 57 publications

References 40 publications

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

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

City parks vs. natural areas - is it possible to preserve a natural level of bee richness and abundance in a city park?

Body size and wing asymmetry in bees along an urbanization gradient

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