Choosing flower species for restoration of beneficial insect biodiversity: community-level flower preferences and flower visiting insect responses to native vs. non-native flowers
Re-establishing native forbs for pollinators is currently highly resource intensive, and limited by the lack of commercially available seed for most species. Therefore, it would be useful to know which native flower species are most effective at supporting whole communities of pollinators, to ensure that pollinator restoration efforts provide the maximum benefit to the most pollinator species. In the scientific literature, calculating various “preference metrics” from plant-pollinator interaction data has become a popular way to assess pollinator community flower preference.
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