Small scale additions of native plants fail to increase beneficial insect richness in urban gardens

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-98

  Matteson, Kevin C ^a   Langellotto, Gail A ^a,b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bee richness; Beneficial insects; Butterfly richness; Community gardens; Gardening for wildlife; Native wildflowers; New York City; Pollinators; Predatory wasps

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953774925     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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