Graduation Year

2027

Graduation Month

May

Document Type

Professional Paper

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science

Faculty Mentor Department

Digital Archivist

Faculty Mentor

Erin Baucom

Keywords

native pollinators, citizen science

Abstract

Bees are an essential species that support the growth of plant communities and enhance human agricultural success. Urbanization is associated with increased impermeable surfaces, large-scale land-use change, and changes in plant and animal community assemblages. Urban expansion exacerbates habitat fragmentation and loss, which has a particularly negative impact on wild or native specialist bee pollinators and the plant species they pollinate. Global and local research indicate the widespread nature of these negative trends; however, there are abundant opportunities to mitigate the impacts on bee pollinators by restoring wild bee habitat in urban areas. Habitat includes nesting and floral resources, and both should be accounted for when restoring habitat. This study aims to investigate mechanisms that facilitate habitat fragmentation in urban areas, examine the consequential decline in native bee diversity, and explore how human management of bee habitat can mitigate this decline.

Honors College Research Project

1

GLI Capstone Project

yes

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