Urban Ecosystems and Pollination Services

Cities and developed areas possess great potential for acting as habitat for native flora and fauna when studied and planned effectively. I am interested in investigating how native habitat and species conservation and restoration can occur in urban matrices and can improve quality of life for urdan-dwellers through beneficial ecosystem services.

Check out our publications on this topic: O’Connell et al. 2020

Bombus vosnesenskii collected more pollen from urban gardens that were located in more intensely urbanized areas, and from urban gardens that had a higher richness of plant species.

Bombus vosnesenskii preferred ornamental species relative to their availability in urban gardens.