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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.

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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.