Roadside Rights-of-Way As Pollinator Habitat: A Literature Review

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• Creators:
  Du Clos, Brianne ; deMaynadier, Phillip ; Drummond, Frank ; Loftin, Cynthia
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Maine ; Maine. Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife ; United States. Geological Survey. Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• Corporate Contributors:
  Maine. Department of Transportation. Research & Innovation Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Ecosystems
  • Habitat (Ecology)
  • Roadside
  • Right of way (Land)
  • Literature reviews
  • Native plants
  • Roadside flora
  • Pollinators
• Publication/ Report Number:
  ME 21-01
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  Maine. Department of Transportation
• Abstract:
  This report includes a review of peer-reviewed academic and non-peer reviewed gray literature describing ROW management practices and their effects on pollinator populations, focusing on applications of these practices in landscapes similar to those found in Maine and the northeast United States; that is, landscapes that are heavily forested and interspersed with agriculture, developed areas, and wetlands. The literature consistently recommends these management practices to provide pollinator habitat in ROW and promote plant and pollinator diversity and abundance: 1) Reduce mowing frequency and time mowing to pollinator activity. 2) Target herbicide applications to undesirable plant species using backpack sprayers. 3) Plant native seeds, seedlings, or shrubs, leaving some exposed soil for nesting.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/62729/dot_62729_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 951.84 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:1d8cd7c520cf65ccfa6374d3fda487440e80e899faeaa27d26b63a733d96db4e