Socio-economic Drivers of Community Garden Location and Quality in Urban Settings and Potential Effects on Native Pollinators

Concurrent with increased urban agriculture in American cities over the past decade, questions have arisen concerning how gardens spread and what effects they have on local ecosystems. Socio-economic demographics may factor into patterns of garden placement and quality, which lead to changes that could affect biotic communities in ways urban ecologists are only beginning to understand. Some changes are potentially beneficial. For example, researchers hypothesize that increased floral