Study

Effect of urban land use on pollinator (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) communities in a desert metropolis

  • Published source details McIntyre N.E. & Hostetler M.E. (2001) Effect of urban land use on pollinator (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) communities in a desert metropolis. Basic and Applied Ecology, 2, 209-218.

Actions

This study is summarised as evidence for the following.

Action Category

Plant parks and gardens with appropriate flowers

Action Link
Bee Conservation
  1. Plant parks and gardens with appropriate flowers

    A replicated trial in the Phoenix metropolitan area, in the Sonoran Desert of the USA, found that eight gardens planted with dry-loving plants (xeric landscaping) supported a greater diversity of bees than eight gardens planted with non-native plants such as grasses that needed to be irrigated (McIntyre & Hostetler 2001). In September, xeric gardens had approximately 10 bee species, compared to less than five species/garden in ordinary gardens.

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