Urban Gardens and Rare Biodiversity (VIDEO)
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A Dartmouth-led study on urban gardens in northern California (Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Monterey) finds rare plants attract rare bees and birds. Women, older gardeners, and gardeners who live near the urban gardens planted more rare plants. The rare species found in the gardens included the poppy, leafcutting bee, Bachelor’s button, purple finch, and taro. “What is rare in an urban garden can be quite common elsewhere,” says Theresa Ong, assistant professor of environmental studies at Dartmouth. The study, “Rarity begets rarity: Social and environmental drivers of rare organisms in cities,” is published in Ecological Applications.
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Animation by LaDarius Dennison.
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