Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Language: Английский
Urban Ecosystems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 28(2)
Published: Jan. 9, 2025
Abstract Green roofs provide vital functions within the urban ecosystem, from supporting biodiversity, to sustainable climate-positive ESS provisioning. However, how plant communities should best be designed reach these objectives, and specific green roof systems vary in their capacity support is not well understood. Here we compiled data on traits plant–insect interaction networks of a regional calcareous grassland species pool explore could optimised contribute ecological functionality for predefined solutions. Five distinct with practical physical constraints were designed, modelled using object-based optimization algorithms evaluated five metrics (incl. phylogenetic structural diversity). Our system supported range interactions roofs, but all equally beneficial, resulting wide-ranging essentiality redundancy processes. Floral predictive pollinator preferences, phylogeny was observed govern preferences. Large differences can expected between depending design extent community composition. Multifunctionality covariance diverged systems, suggesting that inherently universal dependent limitations interactions. We conclude informed has potential simultaneously ecosystem services biodiversity conservation by optimising landscape resources pollinating insects herbivores.
Language: Английский
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Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 101, P. 128498 - 128498
Published: Aug. 28, 2024
Language: Английский
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Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 99, P. 128450 - 128450
Published: July 22, 2024
Language: Английский
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12
Published: Sept. 4, 2024
Hummingbirds have crucial ecological importance in natural and human-altered habitats the Neotropics. Their unique biological characteristics imply a delicate energetic balance that drove evolution of species-specific dominance territorial behavior tactics that, turn, shape diversity composition nectarivorous communities. Understanding these factors could help improve conservation strategies, particularly important for eroding communities cities. Our objective is to evaluate whether species hummingbird, Sparkling Violetear ( Colibri coruscans ), able modulate its aggressive relation identity invades feeding territory, comparing between dry (relative depletion nectar resources) wet seasons, analyzing possible determine this response. Considering maximization energy efficiency, we hypothesize responses Violetears will vary territoriality behavioral each intruder species, season be greater compared season. We elicited with songs playbacks from four compose urban bird community, including their own characterizing eight behaviors varied intensity. quantified response two ways: number observation events which performed by constructing an “aggressiveness score” individual event. Territorial significantly intruding but seasonal effect was only observed, as more season, towards heterospecific playbacks. analyzed several hypotheses explain response, concluding “risk take-over” hypothesis, through wing morphology maneuverability, best explains modulation species. These results are useful planning if elucidate conditions promote coexistence subordinate dominant ones.
Language: Английский
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Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Language: Английский
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