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Assessment Of Pollinator Preference Of Native And Nonnative Perennial Flowering Plants In South Dakota’S Grasslands, Bryanna Chipley

Schultz-Werth Award Papers

With global pollinator decline continually worsening as a result of human action, concerned citizens and scientists alike have been looking for answers as to what can be done to help, and the question of whether native or non-native plants provide more benefit to pollinating insects has been long discussed in the scientific community. This research is intended to help answer that question by attempting to determine whether pollinators have a distinct preference between native and non-native plants when presented with both options. The hypothesis at outset of this project was that native plants would provide greater benefit to pollinators, whom …