Green infrastructures and ecological corridors shape avian biodiversity in a small French city

Beaugeard, Erika; Brischoux, François; Angelier, Frédéric

doi:10.1007/s11252-020-01062-7

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“…While urban built form variables were important in improving the performance of several models, patch size was the strongest predictor and was present in each of the best models across all groups. Ultimately this study confirms previous assertions that the size of the UGS is the strongest predictor (Ikin et al, 2013;Strohback et al, 2013;Beninde et al, 2015;Dale, 2018;Amaya-Espinel et al, 2019;Beaugeard et al, 2020;Lynch, 2019;La Sorte et al, 2020). This finding supports the well-established species-area relationship (Lomolino, 2000).…”

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Urban built form shapes avian richness in green spaces

Rogers

2022

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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Urban biodiversity plays an important role in ecological processes and ecosystem services within cities, making conservation a priority in many municipal sustainability plans. Urban green spaces (UGS) have been a key strategy for conservation by providing habitat for wildlife, including avian communities. While the ecological attributes necessary to enhance the habitability of UGS for avian communities are relatively well known, an understanding of how variation in the surrounding urban matrix influences avian richness outcomes in these spaces, is less understood. As new urban areas continue to develop and UGS become increasingly important habitat areas, urban designers and planners will need a better understanding of the ways in which urban built form patterns at the matrix-level influence avian biodiversity outcomes at the site-level in UGS. To that end, this study investigates the influence of 4 urban built form matrix-level variables , capturing three-dimensional (3D) configuration patterns, and 6 UGS site-level variables on total avian richness and avian richness by foraging guild using generalized linear model methods in 22 UGS. This analysis was conducted using high resolution land cover data, LiDAR data, and twenty years of bird occurrence data from the eBird community science program in well-surveyed UGS in Los Angeles, California. The size of the UGS was the best predictor of richness patterns across all groups, confirming previous findings. However, several urban form metrics, when included with UGS size, improved model prediction for Carnivores, Insectivores, and Omnivore foraging guilds, indicating that urban built form does influence some avian groups within UGS. The results of this study suggest that the most important factor for avian richness in UGS is the size of the green space, but that urban built form plays a role too, especially when considered from a 3D perspective.

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Urban built form shapes avian richness in green spaces

Rogers

2022

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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“…The ecological functions of water ecological corridors include purifying water bodies and protecting soil [39]. The green space ecological corridors were mainly located in forest and green areas, which can accelerate the rate of material and energy exchange between ecological source sites [40]. One road type ecological corridor was identified along the coastal line in the south of Qingdao.…”

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The Construction of Ecological Security Patterns in Coastal Areas Based on Landscape Ecological Risk Assessment—A Case Study of Jiaodong Peninsula, China

Yan

Zhang

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Increasing land utilization, population aggregation and strong land–sea interaction make coastal areas an ecologically fragile environment. The construction of an ecological security pattern is important for maintaining the function of the coastal ecosystem. This paper takes Jiaodong Peninsula in China, a hilly coastal area, as an example for evaluating landscape ecological risk within a comprehensive framework of “nature–neighborhood–landscape”, based on spatial principal component analysis, and it constructs the ecological security pattern based on the minimum cumulative resistance model (MCR). The results showed that the overall level of ecological risk in the study area was medium. The connectivity between the areas of low landscape ecological risk was relatively low, and the high risk areas were concentrated in the north of the Peninsula. A total of 11 key ecological corridors of three types (water, green space and road corridors) and 105 potential corridors were constructed. According to the ecological network pattern, landscape ecological optimization suggestions were proposed: key corridors in the north and south of Jiaodong Peninsula should be connected; urban development should consider current ecological sources and corridors to prevent landscape fragmentation; and the ecological roles of potential corridors should be strengthened. This paper can provide a theoretical and practical basis for ecological planning and urban master planning in coastal areas in the future.

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“…GI plays a big role in providing such habitats in urban areas (Ferenc et al, 2014;Filazzola, Shrestha, MacIvor, 2019) A study by Sweet and colleagues, using data from Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), concluded that selected German cities from all states foster a considerable percentage (76%) of local biodiversity (Sweet et al, 2022). However, nature can thrive and thus provide us with valuable ecosystem services if certain habitat conditions are met (Beaugeard et al, 2020;Angold et al, 2006;Rudd et al, 2002). A study by Beaugeard et al found that local urban biodiversity richness is highly bene ted from the presence of green areas, proximity to the edge of the urban centre, and the proximity to green corridors.…”

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Biodiversity in cities. The effect of spatial scale and biodiversity data in heterogeneous landscapes.

Lopez

Savickytė

2023

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The assessment and monitoring of biodiversity in urban areas has been performed until now through dedicated on site studies and a small number of studies using online digital biodiversity databases. The question remains as to what extent an efficient and effective monitoring scheme could be implemented, one that not only facilitates comparisons across time and space, but also serves as an early change detection tool that complement local studies. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) has been promoted for its central role, gathering and harmonizing biodiversity data worldwide, thereby facilitating the assessment and monitoring of biodiversity in multiple ecosystems. While GBIF data has been investigated for its potential at large scales (national, global) and in natural ecosystems, the question remains as to what extent, and in which context, is GBIF data applicable to urban biodiversity assessment and monitoring. In this study we have shown that the type of organisms surveyed -as well as its ecology and the spatial scale(s) of the assessments are critical to identify the effect of urban and green infrastructure in cities.

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Green infrastructures and ecological corridors shape avian biodiversity in a small French city

Cited by 28 publications

References 102 publications

Urban built form shapes avian richness in green spaces

Urban built form shapes avian richness in green spaces

The Construction of Ecological Security Patterns in Coastal Areas Based on Landscape Ecological Risk Assessment—A Case Study of Jiaodong Peninsula, China

Biodiversity in cities. The effect of spatial scale and biodiversity data in heterogeneous landscapes.

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