Enhancing gardens as habitats for plant-associated invertebrates: should we plant native or exotic species?

Salisbury, Andrew; Al‐Beidh, Sarah; Armitage, James M.; Bird, Stephanie; Bostock, Helen; Platoni, Anna; Tatchell, Mark; Thompson, Ken; Perry, J. N.

doi:10.1007/s10531-017-1377-x

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“…This has primarily been considered in relation to whether an introduced plant is a close relative of (e.g. in the same genus as) a native species (Branco, Brockerhoff, Castagneyrol, Orazio, & Jactel, ; Burghardt & Tallamy, ; Kirichenko & Kenis, ; Salisbury et al, , ), but phylogenetic distinctiveness (our proxy for the novelty of a new plant habitat) is more complex than a binary congeneric/noncongeneric classification. When quantified as a phylogenetic isolation (Mya), phylogenetic distinctiveness can affect the diversity of insects on both native (Vialatte et al, ) and introduced plants (Grandez‐Rios, Bergamini, Santos de Araújo, Villalobos, & Almeida‐Neto, ) by influencing their phenotype.…”

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Introduced plants as novel Anthropocene habitats for insects

Padovani

Salisbury

Bostock

et al. 2019

Global Change Biology

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Major environmental changes in the history of life on Earth have given rise to novel habitats, which gradually accumulate species. Human‐induced change is no exception, yet the rules governing species accumulation in anthropogenic habitats are not fully developed. Here we propose that nonnative plants introduced to Great Britain may function as analogues of novel anthropogenic habitats for insects and mites, analysing a combination of local‐scale experimental plot data and geographic‐scale data contained within the Great Britain Database of Insects and their Food Plants. We find that novel plant habitats accumulate the greatest diversity of insect taxa when they are widespread and show some resemblance to plant habitats which have been present historically (based on the relatedness between native and nonnative plant species), with insect generalists colonizing from a wider range of sources. Despite reduced per‐plant diversity, nonnative plants can support distinctive insect communities, sometimes including insect taxa that are otherwise rare or absent. Thus, novel plant habitats may contribute to, and potentially maintain, broader‐scale (assemblage) diversity in regions that contain mixtures of long‐standing and novel plant habitats.

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Introduced plants as novel Anthropocene habitats for insects

Padovani

Salisbury

Bostock

et al. 2019

Global Change Biology

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“…The two most abundant species, ground-nesting sweat bees and the western honey bee, are both generalists that can utilize the variety of flowers found at the Nature Gardens and backyard site 3 (see Methods). The high numbers of bees at backyard site 3, despite the complete lack of native vegetation, is not surprising given the findings of Matteson & Langellotto (2011) and Salisbury et al (2015Salisbury et al ( , 2017 who found that pollinators utilize exotic species. The presence of large numbers of western honey bees at both sites indicates that a hive was likely in close proximity; honey bee nests are large, with thousands of workers, and require a large structure for attachment.…”

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“…They stressed the ecological and conservation importance of urban landscapes as refuges for diverse communities of wild bees, including instances where cities support more diverse and abundant communities of native bees than nearby rural areas. Many of the studies on manufactured urban environments focus on pollinator groups like bees and butterflies, as many gardens are targeted toward these charismatic taxa (Matteson et al, 2008;Wojcik et al, 2008;Frankie et al, 2009;Pawelek et al, 2009;Matteson & Langellotto, 2010Pardee & Philpott, 2014;Makinson et al, 2016;Quistberg et al, 2016;Plascencia & Philpott, 2017;Salisbury et al, 2017). These created or altered ecosystems vary tremendously in composition and purpose, and therefore have varied results in their effectiveness supporting pollinator communities.…”

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“…A study in New York City determined that small scale additions of native plants to community gardens did not have a strong influence on insect richness, and that beneficial insects heavily utilize exotic plants (Matteson & Langellotto, 2011). Similarly, studies by the Royal Horticultural Society in the United Kingdom found that the availability of floral resources and canopy cover were more important than focused planting of native species, as both native and exotic were utilized by plant-associated invertebrates (Salisbury et al, 2015(Salisbury et al, , 2017. A study of sixteen backyards in Ohio found that the presence/absence of native plants in combination with other local and landscape characteristics influenced bee diversity in the urban environment (Pardee & Philpott, 2014).…”

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<p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong>Urban Nature Gardens at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County attract “wildlife spectacle” of insect pollinators</strong></p>

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The newly-constructed Nature Gardens at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (California, USA) were purposefully built to attract wildlife. In this study we wanted to find out to what extent this manufactured environment is successful in attracting native insect fauna to the urban core of the city when compared to the surrounding neighborhoods or natural areas on the periphery of Los Angeles. To determine this, a one-year Malaise trap catch from the Nature Gardens was compared with samples from four neighboring sites within a five-kilometer radius, as well as a site adjacent to natural habitat located sixteen kilometers away. Our analysis focused on the diversity and abundance of three pollinator groups: bees, flower flies and butterflies contrasted with a single non-pollinator group: scuttle flies. Our findings show that the Nature Gardens support greater abundance and diversity than any of the nearby sites or the natural site for all pollinator taxa examined. In contrast, the natural site supported much higher abundance and diversity of the non-pollinator scuttle flies when compared to the Nature Gardens. Calculated evenness of all taxa was lower in the Nature Gardens than at the natural site and Shannon Diversity indices were highest in the Nature Gardens for flower flies and butterflies, but lower in the Nature Gardens than at the natural site for bees and scuttle flies. These results indicate that biodiversity in an urban environment can be selectively manipulated through management of green spaces, but may not duplicate the communities found in natural spaces. Rather, targeted management (through plantings, ground cover and other substrates, watering, pest management techniques, etc.) can increase fauna predictively to create a “wildlife spectacle” of charismatic microfauna.

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“…The role of trees for the good of humanity is unquestionable. Trees serve environmental, economic and recreational functions, support biological diversity (AKBAR et al 2014;LARA et al 2017;SALISBURY et al 2017), and constitute a permanent element of the environment in and outside urban areas. We encounter them in forests, gardens and public spaces.…”

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The Effect of Location on the Value of Ornamental Trees Using the Example of a Green Space in Lublin

Czernyszewicz

Szymańska

Żuraw

et al. 2019

Real Estate Management and Valuation

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This paper examines and identifies, using a specific example, how the location of trees influences their value. For the valuation of trees outside a forest area, appraisers often employ methods recommended for estimating forest stands, which significantly reduces the value of trees and valued properties. The tree-valuation method developed by SZCZEPANOWSKA et al. (2010) was used in our study. First, we compiled an inventory of trees located on plots intended for expropriation. The study covered all specimens with trunk circumferences of over 25 centimetres, which amounted to a total of 76 trees. We considered the value of the trees in the conditions of the actual location, which means that our calculations included house gardens in the city and the values of the same trees in hypothetical growth conditions: tree stands in rural and urban areas, green spaces in urban and rural areas, housing estates, roads and streets (both urban and rural), and historic areas, health resorts and health-resort protection zones. Our study has shown that the tree valuation method based on differentiating coefficients is a very useful tool for establishing the value of trees in outlying areas.

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Enhancing gardens as habitats for plant-associated invertebrates: should we plant native or exotic species?

Cited by 40 publications

References 35 publications

Introduced plants as novel Anthropocene habitats for insects

Introduced plants as novel Anthropocene habitats for insects

<p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong>Urban Nature Gardens at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County attract “wildlife spectacle” of insect pollinators</strong></p>

The Effect of Location on the Value of Ornamental Trees Using the Example of a Green Space in Lublin

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