Habitat Restorations in an Urban Landscape Rapidly Assemble Diverse Pollinator Communities That Persist.

ABSTRACT: Ecological restoration is a leading approach to mitigating biodiversity decline. While restoration often leads to an immediate increase in species abundance or diversity, it is rarely clear whether it supports longer-term biodiversity gains at the landscape scale. To examine the impacts of urban restoration on pollinator biodiversity, we conducted a 3-year natural experiment in 18 parks across a large metropolitan area. We applied an occupancy model to our survey data to determine how restoration, woody plant density and pollinator specialisation impacted interannual pollinator metacommunity dynamics. Restoration drove a rapid increase in pollinator species occurrence that was maintained through a positive balance between colonisation and persistence, resulting in pollinator species richne

SUBMITTER: Ulrich J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11687344 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature