Plant pollinator networks along a gradient of urbanisation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Habitat loss is one of the principal causes of the current pollinator decline. With agricultural intensification, increasing urbanisation is among the main drivers of habitat loss. Consequently studies focusing on pollinator community structure along urbanisation gradients have increased in recent years. However, few studies have investigated how urbanisation affects plant-pollinator interaction networks. Here we assessed modifications of plant-pollinator interactions along an urbanisation gradient based on the study of their morphological relationships.

Methodology/principal findings

Along an urbanisation gradient comprising four types of landscape contexts (semi-natural, agricultural, suburban, urban), we set up experimental plant communities containing two plan

SUBMITTER: Geslin B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3661593 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature