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Database research record2017·United States

Socio-economic Drivers of Community Garden Location and Quality in Urban Settings and Potential Effects on Native Pollinators

Benjamin Iuliano, Alexandra Markiewicz, Paul Glaum

Michigan Journal of Sustainability

Urban Farm DB summary

A paper examining how community gardens have spread amid a decade of increased urban agriculture in American cities, and what effects this has on local ecosystems, with the title indicating a focus on potential effects on native pollinators. It states that socio-economic demographics may influence patterns of garden placement and quality, producing changes in biotic communities that urban ecologists are only beginning to understand. The available abstract breaks off while introducing a researcher hypothesis about increased floral resources, without stating further specific results.