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

ABSTRACT: Urban habitat characteristics create environmental filtering of pollinator communities. They also impact pollinating insect phenology through the presence of an urban heat island and the year-round availability of floral resources provided by ornamental plants.Here, we monitored the phenology and composition of pollinating insect communities visiting replicates of an experimental plant assemblage comprising two species, with contrasting floral traits: Sinapis alba and Lotus corniculatus, whose flowering periods were artificially extended. Plant assemblage replicates were set up over two consecutive years in two different habitats: rural and densely urbanized, within the same biogeographical region (Ile-de-France region, France).The phenology of pollination activity, recorded

SUBMITTER: Zaninotto V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7593137 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature