Mismatch between urban plants and pollinators

Urban areas are warmer than their rural counterparts due to the "heat island" effect, which is intensifying with climate change. Now, new research suggests that plants in warming urban locations are blooming earlier, leading to a timing mismatch between the presence of flowers and their po...

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Published in:Frontiers in ecology and the environment 2020-09, Vol.18 (7), p.371-371
Main Author: Buehler, Jake
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Climate change
Climate effects
DISPATCHES
Flowers
Pollinators
Rural areas
Urban areas
Urban heat islands
Urbanization
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Summary:Urban areas are warmer than their rural counterparts due to the "heat island" effect, which is intensifying with climate change. Now, new research suggests that plants in warming urban locations are blooming earlier, leading to a timing mismatch between the presence of flowers and their pollinators. As cities expand, natural habitat is increasingly being lost to development, presenting a growing threat to biodiversity. According to Alessandro Fisogni, research to date has generally focused on how urbanization affects plant seasonal development, but "not so much on its impacts on pollinators, and especially not on the two at the same time".
ISSN:1540-9295
1540-9309
DOI:10.1002/fee.2246