Can green roofs provide habitat for urban bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)?
By S. Colla, Erin Willis, L. Packer. 2009
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Increasing urbanization of many regions of the world has resulted in the decline of suitable habitat for wild flora and fauna. Green roofs have been suggested as a potential avenue to provide patches of good-quality habitat in highly developed regions. In this study, we surveyed green roofs for bee diversity and abundance to determine their potential as quality habitats in an urban area for these important pollinators. By comparing various biodiversity measures between green roofs and ground-level sites, we show that green roofs provide habitat to many bee species. Implications for pollinator conservation and urban agricultural production are discussed.
Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
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Citations in the corpus
- Informal urban green space: A trilingual systematic review of its role for biodiversity and trends in the literature (2015, unknown): “IGS can provide valuable habitat (Brandes, 1992; Brown and Sawyer, 2012; Colla and Willis, 2009; Dallimer et al., 2012b; Rebele, 1988; Winter, 2013), and occasionally serve as a substitute for natural habitats (Joger, 1988; Kaupp et al., 2004).”
- Insect species composition and diversity on intensive green roofs and adjacent level-ground habitats (2011, background): “Colla et al. (2009) found a variety of native bees at ground-level that also used green roofs for foraging or nesting sites in Toronto, Ontario.”
- Building height matters: nesting activity of bees and wasps on vegetated roofs (2016, background): “…Jones 2002; Millet 2004; Kadas 2006; Pearce & Walters 2012; Madre et al. 2013, MacIvor, Ruttan, & Salehi 2015; reviewed in MacIvor & Ksiazek 2015); however, adjacent or nearby ground level reference habitat yields higher diversity (Colla et al. 2009; MacIvor & Lundholm 2011; Tonietto et al. 2011).”
- A comparison of 3 types of green roof as habitats for arthropods (2013, background): “A community richness and composition equivalent to those of other urban green spaces were observed (Colla, 2009; MacIvor and Lundholm, 2011a; Ksiazek et al., 2012).”