Distribution pattern and composition difference of urban spontaneous plants of multi-mountainous city

Global Ecology and Conservation, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 59, P. e03564 - e03564

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Multi-layer landscape design of urban spontaneous plant community: a case study in Zhengzhou, China

Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 128805 - 128805

Published: April 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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Wildlife gardening initiates a feedback loop to reverse the "extinction of experience"

Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 289, P. 110400 - 110400

Published: Dec. 14, 2023

Language: Английский

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Pollinator gardening is constrained by income but not lot size in urban front yards

Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 256, P. 105271 - 105271

Published: Dec. 5, 2024

Language: Английский

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Nitrogen leaching and groundwater recharge of alternative lawn conversions in subtropical climates

Crop Science, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Oct. 16, 2024

Abstract Climate change, recurrent droughts, and increasing urban water demands have limited availability in landscapes. Water quantity challenges led to irrigation restrictions turfgrass removal programs. An experiment was conducted at the University of Florida, West Florida Research Education Center, Jay, FL, evaluate effect conversion other landscape types on nutrient leaching groundwater recharge. In April 2021, all surface vegetation removed from existing plots using a sod harvester. Thereafter, were planted or covered with three types: pollinator flowering forbs ( Mimosa sp ., Coreopsis Phyla .) + Eremochloa ophiuroides ); nitrogen (N)‐efficient lawn Arachis glabrata Paspalum notatum low‐input unplanted woodchip mulch. Undisturbed E. ) served as control. For 2 years, leachate samples collected weekly previously installed 168‐L drainage lysimeters for NO 3 ‐N NH 4 load determination. Temporal changes composition, recharge, use, soil bulk density also quantified. While mulch leached 44.7 kg ha −1 year , this still offers positive attributes, including erosion protection conservation. Conversely, minimized (8.3 due their relatively greater use rates (3.56 mm day ). The nitrogen‐efficient returned ∼35% inputs recharge while maintaining low (3.6 2.7 respectively), making these landscapes efficient protecting both quality quantity.

Language: Английский

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Linking Plant Diversity and Urban Uses at the City-Block Scale to Inform Urban Planning

Land, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 14(1), P. 3 - 3

Published: Dec. 24, 2024

A challenge for urban ecology is to reduce biotic homogenisation by promoting plant diversity from local city scales. As ecological and social components constantly interact in cities, an landscape characterisation reflecting socio-spatial functioning seems essential. However, spatially explicit description of cities at a relevant scale planning are uncommon studies. Here, we explored new approach based on the city-block scale, common geography planning, directly link uses patterns herbaceous communities. We characterised all blocks medium-sized French (Blois). inventoried grassland meadows 129 (10% whole city) seven public private (collective housing, individual industrial, service, park, land reserve, road verge). measured alpha diversity, community composition, regional originality uses, beta between them. Urban reserved future development parks harbour unique composition within city. Collective housings have same average but variability was higher housing blocks. School industrial important originality. Road verges highest low many species. Large green spaces with original communities should be protected during densification. The verticalization residential could efficient means internal densification if lowest level management intensity promoted maintain diversified vegetation. Some little-studied (schools, blocks) present opportunities impede homogenisation.

Language: Английский

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Local influence of floral resource attributes on urban bumble bee foraging activity

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 5

Published: July 13, 2023

Introduction Urbanization diminishes the extent of uncompacted, exposed soil and coverage wild plant species, yet still supports diverse pollinator communities when their habitat is maintained within built environment. Floral abundance richness are known to influence bee foraging behavior, these factors vary across landscape, especially heterogeneous urban extents. This study assesses how floral resources distributed city Madison, WI distribution bumble bees. Methods We conducted a systematic walking transect survey bees WI. The resulting point location data associated with more than 5,000 non-lethally surveyed were analyzed regard resource explanatory variables as well underlying land use zoning on 700 transects. used Moran's I correlograms investigate spatial autocorrelation in counts, then we fitted generalized linear model predicting counts based cover, density, species employed geographically-weighted regression explore non-stationarity effects extent. Results found significant positive flower richness, weakly wildflower categorical variable. predictors varies landscape context city. Discussion results this show that landscapes high cover diversity maximize foraging, effect stands out where overall also present. Given not homogeneous consistently cityscape, valuable should be protected, supplemented gaps persist.

Language: Английский

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Management scale drives bee and forb biodiversity patterns in suburban green spaces

Biodiversity and Conservation, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 15, 2024

Language: Английский

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