4 Behavioral Changes Of Pollinators In Urban Compared To Rural Areas

How urbanization changes pollinators’ pollinating behavior.

Dr. Erlijn van Genuchten
The Environment
Published in
4 min readJul 1, 2022

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Picture of a hummingbird eating nectar from and pollinating flowers.
Hummingbird (credit: Ondrej Prosicky at Shutterstock)

Credit: This article is based on the scientific article “Urbanization increases floral specialization of pollinators” by Sevan Suni and colleagues (Full citation and link available at the end of the article)

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Dr. Erlijn van Genuchten
The Environment

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