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Urban buzz: quantifying and enhancing the resources available to pollinators in urban landscapes

城市嗡嗡声：量化和增强城市景观中传粉媒介可用的资源

基本信息

批准号：
1934322
负责人：
金额：
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依托单位：
University of Bristol
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Studentship
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2017 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-1934322
关键词：
Urban buzz quantifying enhancing resources

项目摘要

Urban ecology is a research area of considerable current interest. Recent work from the University of Bristol has shown that cities can be remarkably good habitats for pollinators, containing more bee species than the surrounding countryside. Urban gardens provide forage for large numbers of pollinators and while it is usually not possible to increase the quantity of gardens, it is possible to increase their quality with respect to food resources for pollinators. Currently many gardens have large areas of lawn, decking and hard standing, and contain flowers which provide little forage for pollinators. Ongoing analysis of the Urban Pollinators project means that we can predict the effect of habitat management on the robustness of the urban pollinator communities, a metric often cited as a key target in conservation projects.The aim of this PhD project is to increase the value of urban habitats to pollinators, thereby increasing the robustness of urban pollinator communities. Urban areas are increasing worldwide and for pollinators at least, they can provide excellent habitat which is relatively free from the threats that exist in the countryside. We will work with the Royal Horticultural Society as a CASE partner and there are three objectives to the project: (1) To quantify nectar and pollen provided by UK gardens, (2) to increase the amount of nectar and pollen in the highly urbanized central zone of a city and (3) to use a large scale field experiment to increase the amount of nectar and pollen in gardens in replicate urban streets.

城市生态学是当前一个很有意义的研究领域。布里斯托大学最近的研究表明，城市可以成为传粉者非常好的栖息地，比周围的乡村拥有更多的蜜蜂物种。城市花园为大量的传粉者提供了饲料，虽然通常不可能增加花园的数量，但可以提高它们在传粉者食物资源方面的质量。目前，许多花园有大面积的草坪，甲板和硬站，并包含鲜花，提供很少的饲料授粉。城市传粉者项目的持续分析意味着我们可以预测栖息地管理对城市传粉者群落稳健性的影响，这一指标经常被引用为保护项目的关键目标。这个博士项目的目的是增加城市栖息地对传粉者的价值，从而增加城市传粉者群落的稳健性。城市地区在世界范围内不断增加，至少对于传粉者来说，它们可以提供良好的栖息地，相对不受农村存在的威胁。我们将与皇家园艺学会合作，作为CASE合作伙伴，该项目有三个目标：（1）量化英国花园提供的花蜜和花粉，（2）增加高度城市化的城市中心区的花蜜和花粉量，（3）使用大规模的实地实验来增加复制城市街道花园中的花蜜和花粉量。