I am excited to share our latest article, entitled ‘Improving biodiversity in Central and Eastern European gardens needs regionally scaled strategies‘, which has just been published in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening and is now available online here. This article is the output of an international project, which Dr. Gabor Pozsgai and I conceived, and …
Surveys on gardens’ potential and gardeners’ attitudes toward supporting high biodiversity in nine European countries Background In times of global biodiversity loss, urban green areas, like private gardens and allotments, play increasingly important role in supporting insects. These gardens can be biodiversity hotspots or act as stepping stones for wildlife in a network of connected …
Background Pesticides are one of the most important anthropogenic-related stressors. In times of global pollinator decline, the role of integrated farming and that of urban gardens in supporting wild pollinators is becoming increasingly important. The gardens could be hotspots of biodiversity and could give refuge for pollinators in urban areas. The indicators of these gardens’ …