Providing for our pollinators: Investigating how urbanisation affects the ecology of flower-feeding insects

由于生境丧失和气候变化，传粉昆虫数量减少，威胁到农作物和野生植物的传粉。在城市中，植物与传粉者的相互作用可能特别脆弱，因为城市绿地提供了可变的栖息地和花卉资源。然而，城市化对传粉媒介的影响仍然知之甚少，特别是对重要的非蜜蜂传粉媒介，如苍蝇（双翅目）和飞蛾（鳞翅目）。蜜蜂、飞蛾和苍蝇有不同的生态位，因此了解这些不同的群体如何受到城市化的威胁非常重要。

Pollinating insects are declining due to habitat loss and climate change, threatening the pollination of crops and wild plants. Plant-pollinator interactions may be particularly vulnerable in cities, where urban greenspaces provide variable habitat and floral resources. However, the effects of urbanisation on pollinators remain poorly understood, particularly for important non-bee pollinators such as flies (Diptera) and moths (Lepidoptera). Bees, moths and flies have divergent ecological niches, making it important to understand how these different groups are threatened by urbanisation.