Where and what kind -- a better understanding of local and landscape features in planning the urban flower meadows for supporting bee communities

Where and what kind -- a better understanding of local and landscape features in planning the urban flower meadows for supporting bee communities | Authorea try { document.documentElement.classList.add('js'); } catch (e) { } var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'G-8VDV14Y67G']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Skip to main content Preprints Collections Wiley Open Research IET Open Research Ecological Society of Japan All Collections About About Authorea FAQs Contact Us Quick Search anywhere Search for preprint articles, keywords, etc. Search Search ADVANCED SEARCH SCROLL Ecology and Evolution This is a preprint and has not been peer reviewed. Data may be preliminary. 11 February 2025 V1 Latest version Share on Where and what kind -- a better understanding of local and landscape features in planning the urban flower meadows for supporting bee communities Authors : Agata Kostro-Ambroziak 0000-0001-8172-2985 , Anna Sobieraj-Betlińska , Piotr Szefer , Urszula Suprunowicz , Bartosz Ulaszewski 0000-0003-2981-1205 , Artur Pliszko , Justyna Burzyńska , Beata Charubin , Karolina Wróbel , Karolina Mierzyńska , Edyta Jermakowicz 0000-0003-1061-0366 [email protected] , and Daniel Kozikowski Authors Info & Affiliations https://doi.org/10.22541/au.173929699.96078898/v1 Published Ecology and Evolution Version of record Peer review timeline 280 views 177 downloads Contents Abstract Supplementary Material Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract 1. Cities are growing ecosystems in the modern world. Due to their heterogeneity, urban areas have multifaceted influences on organisms, including bees. However, in many specific city greenspace designs and management implementations, our understanding of their functionality remains limited. This is also true for urban flower meadows (UFMs). 2. We extensively examined UFMs in three large cities to answer the following question: what features of UFMs and their surroundings (urban matrix) are the most important in supporting bees in cities? 3. Our multifaceted approach revealed that the mosaics of habitats surrounding UFMs are at least as necessary to support bees as the local features of UFMs. An abundance of bees responded positively to the number of flowering units and to the blue and yellow colors of flowers, and increased cover of industrial areas, green urban areas, and pastures in a 100-m buffer. Increasing the cover of the continuous urban fabric in all buffer zones (100 m, 300 m, and 500 m) positively affected bee species richness and abundance. 4. Due to the lack of design guidelines for urban flower meadows, our results are helpful for the further planning of UFMs to optimize bee-friendly areas in urban landscapes. Supplementary Material File (manuscript_where_and_what_kind_-_urban_flower_meadows.docx) Download 924.01 KB Information & Authors Information Version history V1 Version 1 11 February 2025 Peer review timeline Published Ecology and Evolution Version of Record 17 Jun 2025 Published Copyright This work is licensed under a Non Exclusive No Reuse License. Collection Ecology and Evolution Keywords community ecology ecological experiment invertebrate terrestrial Authors Affiliations Agata Kostro-Ambroziak 0000-0001-8172-2985 University of Bialystok View all articles by this author Anna Sobieraj-Betlińska Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz View all articles by this author Piotr Szefer Biologicke Centrum Akademie ved Ceske republiky View all articles by this author Urszula Suprunowicz University of Bialystok View all articles by this author Bartosz Ulaszewski 0000-0003-2981-1205 Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz View all articles by this author Artur Pliszko Jagiellonian University View all articles by this author Justyna Burzyńska University of Bialystok View all articles by this author Beata Charubin University of Bialystok View all articles by this author Karolina Wróbel University of Bialystok View all articles by this author Karolina Mierzyńska University of Bialystok View all articles by this author Edyta Jermakowicz 0000-0003-1061-0366 [email protected] University of Bialystok View all articles by this author Daniel Kozikowski University of Bialystok View all articles by this author Metrics & Citations Metrics Article Usage 280 views 177 downloads .FvxKWukQNSOunydq8rnd { width: 100px; } Citations Download citation Agata Kostro-Ambroziak, Anna Sobieraj-Betlińska, Piotr Szefer, et al. 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