Research Proposal

Simulating Pollinators to Find How Habitat Loss Affects Biodiversity

Bees are keystone species and about ⅓ of our agriculture relies on them as pollinators (Rong & Sadhukhan, 2021). Habitat fragmentation is thus a major problem that is negatively affecting native bee species. It can cause problems with sourcing nectar and finding suitable areas to live in, that may result in decline or extinction of species. To be able to help mitigate this problem, solutions like adding in patches of flowers interspersed between major areas of habitat need to be tested.