Building new solar infrastructure provides opportunities to restore ecosystem function on site, including flower production, pollinator biodiversity and pollination services, carbon storage, and resistance to invasive species. Restoration of the diverse native plant communities that provide these goods and services is challenged by varying establishment success for different species, and this may be further affected by novel conditions under solar panels or weed management methods. To ensure that plantings support target pollinator species, such as rare or crop-pollinating species, we need to know which flowers establish well, and which species pollinators prefer. This study will address all these questions to improve restoration outcomes.
Ask An Energy Expert - short videos on restoration for pollinators
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Choosing flower species for restoration of beneficial insect biodiversity
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Do non-native flowers steal the show? Examining the impact of non-native flowers on pollinator visitation to native flowers in the Aspen Parkland grassland
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Energy Talks: Solar energy and pollinators: How can we have the best of both worlds?
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Most metrics for pollinator floral preference produce viable results despite markedly differing predictions
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Non-native flowers reduce insect visitors to a native flower
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Non-native flowers reduce pollinator visits to a native flower
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Responses to native grassland restoration at a solar farm in the Aspen Parkland
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The impact of non-native plants on pollinators
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The role of and management for Toxomerus marginatus (Diptera: Syrphidae) in canola crops in central Alberta
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