Arthropod diversity in two Historic Gardens in the Azores, Portugal

Arteaga, Alba; Malumbres‐Olarte, Jagoba; Gabriel, Rosalina; Ros‐Prieto, Alejandra; Casimiro, Pedro; Sánchez, Ana Fuentes; Albergaria, Isabel Soares de; Borges, Paulo A. V.

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“…Based on recent evidence about the occurrence of some endemic arthropods in lowelevation small patches of exotic forest [35][36][37][38][39], our study illustrate the relative importance of lowland isolated exotic forest areas for arthropod conservation in the Azores.…”

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The Role of Small Lowland Patches of Exotic Forests as Refuges of Rare Endemic Azorean Arthropods

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Islands have been disproportionately affected by the current biodiversity crisis. In island biotas, one of the most recurrent anthropic alterations is species introduction. Invasion of exotic species may represent a major threat for island biotas, because invasive species may change species composition and simplify community dynamics. We investigated diversity patterns of native and introduced species in native and exotic forests of Terceira Island (Azores, Portugal) by using diversity profiles based on Hill numbers. Use of diversity profiles allows for a complete characterization of the community diversity because they combine information on species richness, rarity, and dominance. We found that native forest remnants are crucial for the maintenance of endemic Azorean arthropod diversity. However, we also found that some lowland patches of exotic forests can sustain populations of rare endemic species. Our findings reinforce the importance of the few and small remnants of native forests, which are a pillar to the conservation of Azorean endemic arthropods. However, areas occupied by exotic forests, whether they are large and contiguous or small and isolated, close to native forests, or embedded in a matrix of agriculture activities, can also play a role in the conservation of native species, including endemics.

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“…Finally, regarding environmental sustainability, the studies in this category mainly address historic gardens' roles in maintaining biodiversity. They show that historic gardens provide habitat for both important native species as well as the cultural relicts that have almost disappeared along with traditional agricultural landscapes [53,54]. The conservation of grassland/meadow species [49,55,56] is found to be just as important as the conservation of tree species [45,50,52].…”

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“…Of all the use categories, tourist garden studies show the highest interest in environmental sustainability (25.9%). Most of these studies are particularly interested in historic gardens' role in conserving biodiversity: Kümmerling and Müller [56] investigate the relationship between landscape design style and conservation value in a UNESCO world heritage site (Germany); Bergande and Markstein [62] discuss a preservation and management plan for the Berlin-Dahlem Botanic Garden that specifically aims to conserve biodiversity (Germany); Arteaga et al [53] investigate arthropod diversity in historic gardens in the Azores archipelago (Portugal); Prigioniero et al [54] investigate the conservation of biodiversity in the Giardino Inglese at the Reggio di Caserta (Italy). Other sustainability issues are addressed by Cavagnero and Revelli's article on water run-off control within the Racconigi Royal Park (Italy) using hydraulic modeling [57]; Pérez-Urrestarazu et al's article on water management within the Real Alcazar gardens (Spain) [43]; Oishi's article on the urban heat island's effect on traditional Japanese moss gardens [51].…”

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“…Botanical Gardens Conservation International defines botanical gardens as "institutions holding documented collections of living plants for the purpose of scientific research, conservation, display and education" [101]. Tisi [61] and Gratani [40] discuss Botanical Garden educational activities, while Arteaga et al's study of the Faial Botanical Garden in Portugal [53] provides an example of scientific research. While new botanical gardens can be built at any time to fulfill their mission, historic botanical gardens bear a double responsibility of carrying out the aforementioned mandates while also preserving their heritage value.…”

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“…Arteaga et al's 2020 article "Arthropod diversity in two historic gardens in the Azores, Portugal" [53] investigates the arthropod community in two different historic gardens in the Portuguese Azores: the Faial Botanic Garden and the Duque da Terceira Garden. The authors find that the Botanical Garden, with more native plant species, also contains more native and endemic arthropod species.…”

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A Systematic Literature Review of Historic Garden Management and Its Economic Aspects

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Historic gardens are important parts of humanity’s built heritage within the designed landscape, providing many environmental, economic and socio-cultural benefits. Management is a key part of their conservation, perhaps the most difficult because it is costly, must be continual, and requires a skilled workforce. This systematic review looks at the literature addressing historic garden management, with special attention regarding the social, economic and environmental aspects of sustainability. Academic studies on this subject come from many different disciplines, making it both stimulating and fragmented. It is now time to consolidate these interdisciplinary efforts into a clear vision, including a framework of key themes and research methods so as to better coordinate efforts and make the information and innovation generated more accessible to the garden managers “in the trenches”. With this aim, reviewed studies are classified according to 10 criteria: supply or demand orientation; management phase involved; primary sustainability processes addressed; geographic criteria; number of sites covered; policy documents referred to; kind of data collected; study methods employed; possibility of bias specifically regarding historic gardens; garden use. An analysis of these criteria shows that historic garden management literature focuses on describing the gardens themselves, with few studies interested in the people supporting them. Future research should follow recent policy documents’ lead and pay more attention to community value and involvement.

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Can botanic gardens serve as refuges for taxonomic and functional diversity of Odonata? The case of the botanic garden of Castilla–La Mancha (Spain)

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In a scenario with declining biodiversity and habitat loss, botanic gardens could serve as refuges for invertebrates, but the opportunities they offer for animal conservation are still poorly understood. Odonata is a good model group for conservation studies, because it includes threatened species and responses to habitat disturbance are well documented. In this study, we assessed the role of the botanic garden of Castilla-La Mancha in Spain as a refuge for members of Odonata by analysing their taxonomic and functional diversity. We explored if the small size of the botanic garden might constrain the taxonomic diversity of Odonata and if low habitat diversity might limit their functional diversity. We sampled adult Odonata from five water bodies along a gradient of human impact and characterized the Odonata communities based on 12 functional traits in Odonata. We used a species-area relationship to control for differences in the size of water bodies. Compared with natural lakes, the Odonata communities contained less species and their functional diversity was lower in the botanic garden ponds, where generalist species were basically hosted. Despite these limitations, the botanic garden ponds hosted the number of species expected for natural water bodies with the moderate surface area and functional diversity, thereby demonstrating that they are a valuable habitat for Odonata in an urban environment. Appropriate management involving the removal of exotic fish and habitat diversification, including creating lotic environments, would increase the taxonomic and functional diversity of Odonata in this urban system.

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Arthropod diversity in two Historic Gardens in the Azores, Portugal

Cited by 9 publications

References 37 publications

The Role of Small Lowland Patches of Exotic Forests as Refuges of Rare Endemic Azorean Arthropods

The Role of Small Lowland Patches of Exotic Forests as Refuges of Rare Endemic Azorean Arthropods

A Systematic Literature Review of Historic Garden Management and Its Economic Aspects

Can botanic gardens serve as refuges for taxonomic and functional diversity of Odonata? The case of the botanic garden of Castilla–La Mancha (Spain)

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