Therefore the different types of allotment gardens were divided into three groups for some of the analyses: those with cultivated plots only (Garden), those containing some plots with small houses (Mixed) and those with small houses on almost all plots (House).
Here we show that diversity of bumble bees is lower in an urban than in a more rural setting also when studying the same type of habitat, namely allotment gardens.
The Osage tribe, seeing the disastrous effects of allotment, resisted allotting their land until 1906.
Allotment gardens without houses had approximately one more species than the other two types of sites (Garden vs. Mixed or House), but there was no interacting effect of allotment garden type and urbanization on neither bumble bee diversity nor abundance.
The questionnaire for allotment gardeners contained an additional section with questions on allotment gardening, including the name of the allotment park, years of allotment gardening, type of garden (ornamental, kitchen, or mixed ornamental/kitchen garden), consumption of fresh garden produce, and the number of hours per week spent on the allotment garden in summer and winter.
The newly laid-off City suit tending to winter swedes (a type of rutabaga) in an allotment plot he may or may not refer to as his "personal victory garden".
Based on our results, we discuss the impact of allotment gardening association codes and garden type and ways forward for gardeners and urban planners to promote biodiversity and ecosystem services provision.
This suggests that the higher physical activity levels of allotment gardeners found in the current study may be specific to allotment gardens as a special type of individually owned and maintained green space.
Comment on the allotment of football tickets-comparing the Yale and Cornell order of allotment.
The New Yorker, October 9, 1948 P. 21 Comment on the allotment of football tickets-comparing the Yale and Cornell order of allotment.
