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

Taxonomic and functional trait diversity of wild bees in different urban settings

(2017) Étienne Normandin et al.   PeerJ

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

(2016) Weronika Banaszak-Cibicka et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Urban gardens promote bee foraging over natural habitats and plantations

(2016) Benjamin F. Kaluza et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Plant diversity and composition compensate for negative effects of urbanization on foraging bumble bees

(2015) Marietta Hülsmann et al.   APIDOLOGIE

The conservation value of urban green space habitats for Australian native bee communities

(2015) Caragh G. Threlfall et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Diversity and abundance of solitary and primitively eusocial bees in an urban centre: a case study from Northampton (England)

(2015) Muzafar Hussain Sirohi et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Causes of variation in wild bee responses to anthropogenic drivers

(2015) Daniel P Cariveau et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Guidelines on sampling intensity of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes)

(2014) Józef Banaszak et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Relationships of Bees to Host Ornamental and Weedy Flowers in Urban Northwest Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica

(2014) G. W. Frankie et al.   JOURNAL OF THE KANSAS ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Are urban areas suitable for thermophilic and xerothermic bee species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes)?

(2013) Weronika Banaszak-Cibicka   APIDOLOGIE

Quantifying variation among garden plants in attractiveness to bees and other flower-visiting insects

(2013) Mihail Garbuzov et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Roles of scale, matrix, and native habitat in supporting a diverse suburban pollinator assemblage

(2012) Sarah J. Hinners et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Direct and indirect effects of land use on floral resources and flower-visiting insects across an urban landscape

(2012) K. C. Matteson et al.   OIKOS

The Whereabouts of Flower Visitors: Contrasting Land-Use Preferences Revealed by a Country-Wide Survey Based on Citizen Science

(2012) Nicolas Deguines et al.   PLoS One

Novel urban ecosystems, biodiversity, and conservation

(2011) Ingo Kowarik   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Wild bees along an urban gradient: winners and losers

(2011) Weronika Banaszak-Cibicka et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

How many flowering plants are pollinated by animals?

(2011) Jeff Ollerton et al.   OIKOS

Common factors influence bee foraging in urban and wildland landscapes

(2011) Victoria A. Wojcik et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Global pollinator declines: trends, impacts and drivers

(2010) Simon G. Potts et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Determinates of inner city butterfly and bee species richness

(2010) Kevin C. Matteson et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Landscape context and habitat type as drivers of bee diversity in European annual crops

(2009) Gabriel Carré et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Environmental factors affecting bee diversity in urban and remote grassland plots in Boulder, Colorado

(2009) Carol A. Kearns et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Bumble Bees (Bombus spp) along a Gradient of Increasing Urbanization

(2009) Karin Ahrné et al.   PLoS One

Novel ecosystems: implications for conservation and restoration

(2009) Richard J. Hobbs et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Scaling up from gardens: biodiversity conservation in urban environments

(2009) Mark A. Goddard et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Bee Richness and Abundance in New York City Urban Gardens

(2008) Kevin C. Matteson et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Loss of functional diversity under land use intensification across multiple taxa

(2008) Dan F. B. Flynn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Effects of urbanization on species richness: A review of plants and animals

(2008) Michael L. McKinney   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS