Species composition was most affected by local factors such as flower richness and type of allotment garden.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Allotment gardens and other types of community gardens are increasingly recognized for their potential to promote health and well-being in urban communities [ 4, 5].
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.
