UNITED KINGDOM–(ENEWSPF)–22 July 2011. Pollinating insects are more likely to move between areas of native forest separated by pine plantations than those separated by small holder farms, scientists from Oxford University and Earthwatch have found.
The study challenges the long-held assumption that areas that provide resources to pollinators will act as ‘corridors’ between islands of native vegetation in fragmented landscapes, whereas areas that are resource-poor act as ‘barriers’ stopping pollinators from shuttling between islands of…
