Relative attractiveness of ruderals and ornamental plants to flower-visiting insects in a tropical anthropogenic landscape

Insects are declining in many parts of the world. Under this context, flower gardens are useful for insect conservation in human settlements. However, this tool is rarely used in the tropics due to low awareness and lack of information on suitable plants. Therefore, our objective was to identify a planting design for native insect conservation in anthropogenic landscapes in Sri Lanka. We selected seven wild, ruderal plant species and a...