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Sown wildflower meadows: Can they replace natural meadows in urban spaces for bees, butterflies and hoverflies?

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dc.abstract.en1. The decline in pollinator populations is partly due to human practices that have contributed to the loss of wild and flower-rich habitats. In cities, especially city centres, urban green spaces, which are usually small, are often sown with wildflower meadows. 2. The study compared the number and species richness of three main groups of pollinating insects (wild bees, butterflies and hoverflies) for two types of meadows in Warsaw: sown wildflower meadows and the natural meadows. 3. The research results showed that there was no difference in the composition of insect-pollinated plants between the meadow types. There was also no difference between the meadow types concerning the species richness of butterflies, bees and hoverflies. However, it was confirmed that the number of butterflies was twice as high in natural meadows than it was in sown floral meadows, while in the case of wild bees and hoverflies, no such differences were found. 4. The study confirmed that areas sown with wildflowers, usually of small area, concentrate pollinating insects and have a similar value for pollinators as larger areas of natural meadow. Sown wildflower meadows, if properly cared for, can ensure the richness of melliferous plant species and thus positively affect the diversity and number of pollinators. 5. Sown meadows can compensate insects for the absence of large, natural meadows, especially in the fragmented spaces in cities.
dc.affiliationWydział Medycyny Weterynaryjnej i Nauk o Zwierzętach
dc.affiliation.instituteKatedra Zoologii
dc.contributor.authorZajdel, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorDylewski, Łukasz
dc.contributor.authorJojczyk, Agata
dc.contributor.authorBanaszak-Cibicka, Weronika
dc.contributor.authorKucharska, Kornelia
dc.contributor.authorBorański, Mikołaj
dc.contributor.authorGąbka, Jakub
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-03T09:47:28Z
dc.date.available2025-04-03T09:47:28Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstract<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p><jats:list> <jats:list-item><jats:p>The decline in pollinator populations is partly due to human practices that have contributed to the loss of wild and flower‐rich habitats. In cities, especially city centres, urban green spaces, which are usually small, are often sown with wildflower meadows.</jats:p></jats:list-item> <jats:list-item><jats:p>The study compared the number and species richness of three main groups of pollinating insects (wild bees, butterflies and hoverflies) for two types of meadows in Warsaw: sown wildflower meadows and the natural meadows.</jats:p></jats:list-item> <jats:list-item><jats:p>The research results showed that there was no difference in the composition of insect‐pollinated plants between the meadow types. There was also no difference between the meadow types concerning the species richness of butterflies, bees and hoverflies. However, it was confirmed that the number of butterflies was twice as high in natural meadows than it was in sown floral meadows, while in the case of wild bees and hoverflies, no such differences were found.</jats:p></jats:list-item> <jats:list-item><jats:p>The study confirmed that areas sown with wildflowers, usually of small area, concentrate pollinating insects and have a similar value for pollinators as larger areas of natural meadow. Sown wildflower meadows, if properly cared for, can ensure the richness of melliferous plant species and thus positively affect the diversity and number of pollinators.</jats:p></jats:list-item> <jats:list-item><jats:p>Sown meadows can compensate insects for the absence of large, natural meadows, especially in the fragmented spaces in cities.</jats:p></jats:list-item> </jats:list></jats:p>
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dc.description.number1
dc.description.points100
dc.description.volume50
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/een.13396
dc.identifier.eissn1365-2311
dc.identifier.issn0307-6946
dc.identifier.urihttps://sciencerep.up.poznan.pl/handle/item/2677
dc.languageen
dc.pbn.affiliationbiological sciences
dc.relation.ispartofEcological Entomology
dc.relation.pages214-227
dc.rightsClosedAccess
dc.sciencecloudsend
dc.subject.encities
dc.subject.engreen space
dc.subject.ennatural meadows
dc.subject.enpollinators
dc.subject.ensown wildflower meadows
dc.titleSown wildflower meadows: Can they replace natural meadows in urban spaces for bees, butterflies and hoverflies?
dc.typeJournalArticle
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oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.volume50