CHICAGO URBAN POLLINATION STUDY
This NSF-supported project will (a) evaluate changes in pollinators and their response to floral resources across a gradient of urban development, and (b) determine how these biotic changes affect the consistency and magnitude of pollination services.
In the summer of 2012, we are using a mobile garden on the back of a pickup truck to assess pollinator communities and pollination services. This truck travels across Chicago to determine how pollination services are distributed across the urban landscape. Click here to see the brochure we are handing out to interested onlookers during our fieldwork.
(top picture) preliminary mobile garden experiments in NYC
(bottom left picture) Bumble Bee on Echinacea flower
(bottom right picture) Small sweat bee (genus Lasioglossum) visiting a cucumber flower
We will have one or more opportunities for undergraduate students to be involved with this research in 2012/2013. These opportunities will include paid positions or the option to enroll for BioS 391 or 399 (independent research) credit. Interested undergraduates should submit (by email) a cover letter and resume to Emily Minor.