Project:

Impact of urbanization on pollinators diversity

Students:

Melanie Abreu, Hannah Silva, Annett Amaya Avalos

School:

Westbury District,

Mentors:

Marie Bettina Fantal-Pinckombe

Abstract:

Pollinators are essential to agricultural productivity and environmental health, but habitat loss, changing land uses, and urbanization are posing a growing threat to these organisms’ populations (World Wildlife Fund, 2020). Rapid urban growth over the years has changed the composition of plants, the layout of habitats, and resource availability to insect pollinators on Long Island and throughout the state of New York (United Nations, 2020). Using samples collected over several years by the Cold Spring Harbor DNA Learning Center and regional conservation surveys, scientists and researchers have investigated the abundance of pollinators, species composition, and diversity. The main goal is to determine and analyze changes in the abundance and presence of species since it is evident that these species may be involved with human development (United Nations, 2020). Additionally, researchers want to evaluate the impact of urbanization on pollinator biodiversity (National Geographic Societ

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