Who can pass the urban filter? A multi-taxon approach to disentangle pollinator trait–environmental relationships

Where do functional traits come from? The role of theory and models

(2021) Michael R. Kearney et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Pollination by hoverflies in the Anthropocene

(2020) Toby Doyle et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

CityScapeLab Berlin: A Research Platform for Untangling Urbanization Effects on Biodiversity

(2020) Moritz von der Lippe et al.   Sustainability

Are cities hotspots for bees? Local and regional diversity patterns lead to different conclusions

(2020) Weronika Banaszak-Cibicka et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Pollinator emerging from extensive green roofs: wild bees (Hymenoptera, Antophila) and hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Geneva (Switzerland)

(2020) Aurelia Passaseo et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Functional ecology of wild bees in cities: towards a better understanding of trait-urbanization relationships

(2020) Sascha Buchholz et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Broader phenology of pollinator activity and higher plant reproductive success in an urban habitat compared to a rural one

(2020) Vincent Zaninotto et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Wild bees and hoverflies respond differently to urbanisation, human population density and urban form

(2020) Anna S. Persson et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

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

(2020) Panagiotis Theodorou et al.   Scientific Reports

A systems approach reveals urban pollinator hotspots and conservation opportunities

(2019) Katherine C. R. Baldock et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Worldwide decline of the entomofauna: A review of its drivers

(2019) Francisco Sánchez-Bayo et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

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

(2019) Łukasz Dylewski et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Urban bumblebees are smaller and more phenotypically diverse than their rural counterparts

(2019) Helen Eggenberger et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Impact of urbanization on predator and parasitoid insects at multiple spatial scales

(2019) Daria Corcos et al.   PLoS One

How urbanization is driving pollinator diversity and pollination – A systematic review

(2019) Arne Wenzel et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Wild bees in urban grasslands: Urbanisation, functional diversity and species traits

(2019) Sascha Buchholz et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Contrasting impacts of highly invasive plant species on flower-visiting insect communities

(2018) Emily S. Davis et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Contrasting responses in community structure and phenology of migratory and non-migratory pollinators to urbanization

(2018) Katrin Luder et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Wild bee species abundance and richness across an urban–rural gradient

(2018) Beth A. Choate et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Parasitism and the Biodiversity-Functioning Relationship

(2018) André Frainer et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

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

(2018) Weronika Banaszak-Cibicka et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Wild bee abundance declines with urban warming, regardless of floral density

(2018) April L. Hamblin et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Forest bees are replaced in agricultural and urban landscapes by native species with different phenologies and life-history traits

(2017) Tina Harrison et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Habitat connectivity and local conditions shape taxonomic and functional diversity of arthropods on green roofs

(2017) Sonja Braaker et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Patterns of pollinator turnover and increasing diversity associated with urban habitats

(2017) Kyle T. Martins et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

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

(2017) Étienne Normandin et al.   PeerJ

Bee Fauna and Floral Abundance Within Lawn-Dominated Suburban Yards in Springfield, MA

(2016) S.B. Lerman et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Hierarchical filters determine community assembly of urban species pools

(2016) Myla F. J. Aronson et al.   ECOLOGY

Landscape impacts on pollinator communities in temperate systems: evidence and knowledge gaps

(2016) Deepa Senapathi et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

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

Decomposing functional diversity

(2016) Samuel M. Scheiner et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

The proportion of impervious surfaces at the landscape scale structures wild bee assemblages in a densely populated region

(2016) Benoît Geslin et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Functional homogenization of flower visitor communities with urbanization

(2016) Nicolas Deguines et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Disentangling urban habitat and matrix effects on wild bee species

(2016) Leonie K. Fischer et al.   PeerJ

The bee fauna of large parks in downtown Paris, France

(2015) Benoît Geslin et al.   ANNALES DE LA SOCIETE ENTOMOLOGIQUE DE FRANCE

Impacts of invasive plants on resident animals across ecosystems, taxa, and feeding types: a global assessment

(2015) Jens Schirmel et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Ecological traits affect the sensitivity of bees to land-use pressures in European agricultural landscapes

(2015) Adriana De Palma et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Where is the UK's pollinator biodiversity? The importance of urban areas for flower-visiting insects

(2015) K. C. R. Baldock et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Evaluating the effectiveness of wildflower seed mixes for boosting floral diversity and bumblebee and hoverfly abundance in urban areas

(2014) Lorna M. Blackmore et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Spillover of trap-nesting bees and wasps in an urban–rural interface

(2014) Maria Helena Pereira-Peixoto et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Different responses of bees and hoverflies to land use in an urban–rural gradient show the importance of the nature of the rural land use

(2014) Hans A.F. Verboven et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Decreasing Abundance, Increasing Diversity and Changing Structure of the Wild Bee Community (Hymenoptera: Anthophila) along an Urbanization Gradient

(2014) Laura Fortel et al.   PLoS One

Extinctions of aculeate pollinators in Britain and the role of large-scale agricultural changes

(2014) J. Ollerton et al.   SCIENCE

Floral resources, body size, and surrounding landscape influence bee community assemblages in oak-savannah fragments

(2013) JULIE C. WRAY et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Combining the fourth-corner and the RLQ methods for assessing trait responses to environmental variation

(2013) Stéphane Dray et al.   ECOLOGY

Urban Grassland Restoration: A Neglected Opportunity for Biodiversity Conservation

(2013) Valentin H. Klaus   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Urban land use types contribute to grassland conservation: The example of Berlin

(2013) Leonie K. Fischer et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Urbanization Drives a Reduction in Functional Diversity in a Guild of Nectar-feeding Birds

(2012) Anton Pauw et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Pollinator nesting guilds respond differently to urban habitat fragmentation in an oak-savannah ecosystem

(2012) LISA A. NEAME et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Richness, composition and trophic niche of stingless bee assemblages in urban forest remnants

(2012) Yasmine Antonini et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Optimising coloured pan traps to survey flower visiting insects

(2011) Sven M. Vrdoljak et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

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

Changing Bee and Hoverfly Pollinator Assemblages along an Urban-Rural Gradient

(2011) Adam J. Bates et al.   PLoS One

Maximum foraging ranges in solitary bees: only few individuals have the capability to cover long foraging distances

(2010) Antonia Zurbuchen et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Multiple stressors on biotic interactions: how climate change and alien species interact to affect pollination

(2010) Oliver Schweiger et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

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

(2009) Karin Ahrné et al.   PLoS One

Bee Richness and Abundance in New York City Urban Gardens

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

MEASURING BEE DIVERSITY IN DIFFERENT EUROPEAN HABITATS AND BIOGEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS

(2008) Catrin Westphal et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

TESTING THE SPECIES TRAITS–ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIPS: THE FOURTH-CORNER PROBLEM REVISITED

(2008) Stéphane Dray et al.   ECOLOGY

Conefor Sensinode 2.2: A software package for quantifying the importance of habitat patches for landscape connectivity

(2008) Santiago Saura et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MODELLING & SOFTWARE