4 Behavioral Changes Of Pollinators In Urban Compared To Rural Areas
How urbanization changes pollinators’ pollinating behavior.
Credit: This article is based on the scientific article “Urbanization increases floral specialization of pollinators” by Sevan Suni and colleagues (Full citation and link available at the end of the article)
The rapidly growing human population has many different consequences for our planet. For example, it contributes to changing climates, destructs natural systems, and causes environmental pollution. Another important consequence is changes in land-use: more than 50 % of available land on earth has been changed so that we can use it. For example for cities, which is called urbanization.
While urbanization increases, the number of pollinators decreases. Pollinators are animals that take pollen from the male parts of flowers to the female flower parts of other flowers to fertilize them. Examples are bees, birds, butterflies, hoverflies, and bats. This video explains in an easy way how pollination works (0:12–3:47):
