Database research record2025·North America (urban-suburban gradient)
Crop-specialized pollinator drives bee and floral community response to urbanization on small squash farms
Roedel J., Szendrei Z.
Urban Ecosystems
Urban Farm DB summary
2025 research showing that squash bees are most abundant on suburban and urban farms compared to rural farms. Demonstrates that small-scale urban farms benefit from urban environment advantages (lower pesticide use, diverse floral resources, landscape heterogeneity), enabling bee and floral community responses to urbanization.