Lepidoptera-habitat relationships in urban parks

Giuliano, William M.; Accamando, Amanda K.; Mcadams, E. J.

doi:10.1007/s11252-005-6835-7

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“…Alternatively, intensively managed sites, such as those frequently mowed, are reported to sustain low populations and abundance of butterflies due to destruction of potential host plants and foraging patches (Stock et al 2003;Tam and Bonebrake 2015). Our study is consistent with others in suggesting that to promote urban butterfly diversity it is necessary to make urban parks as large as possible and to set aside area of parks as "unmanaged" or with limited human management (Giuliano et al 2004). In those areas where management is necessary, planting native butterfly host and nectar plants is the optimal management strategy (Tam and Bonebrake 2015).…”

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“…Similarly, Giuliano et al (2004) reported park size was positively associated with the species richness of butterflies and moths in New York City parks. Di Mauro et al (2007) found that garden size was significantly correlated with the species diversity of generalist butterflies in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area and suggested this was because larger gardens probably contain more resources such as nectar and host plants for butterflies.…”

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confidence: 81%

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Can butterflies cope with city life? Butterfly diversity in a young megacity in southern China

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Dong

Wang

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During 30 years of unprecedented urbanization, plant diversity in Shenzhen, a young megacity in southern China, has increased dramatically. Although strongly associated with plant diversity, butterfly diversity generally declines with urbanization, but this has not been investigated in Shenzhen. Considering the speed of urbanization in Shenzhen and the large number of city parks, we investigated butterfly diversity in Shenzhen parks. We measured butterfly species richness in four microhabitats (groves, hedges, flowerbeds, and unmanaged areas) across 10 parks and examined the relationship with three park variables: park age, park size, and distance from the central business district. Butterflies were identified based on wing morphology and DNA barcoding. We collected 1933 butterflies belonging to 74 species from six families; 20% of the species were considered rare. Butterfly species richness showed weak negative correlations with park age and distance from the central business district, but the positive correlation with park size was statistically significant (p = 0.001). Among microhabitat types, highest species richness was recorded in unmanaged areas. Our findings are consistent with others in suggesting that to promote urban butterfly diversity it is necessary to make parks as large as possible and to set aside areas for limited management. In comparison to neighbouring cities, Shenzhen parks have high butterfly diversity.Key words: butterflies, DNA barcoding, Shenzhen, urban parks, urbanization.Résumé : Au cours d'une 30 d'années d'urbanisation sans précédent, la diversité des plantes dans Shenzhen, une jeune mégapole du sud de la Chine, a augmenté de manière dramatique. Bien qu'étroitement associée à la diversité végétale, la diversité des papillons diminue généralement avec l'urbanisation, mais celle-ci n'a pas été étudiée à Shenzhen. Considérant la rapidité de l'urbanisation à Shenzhen et le grand nombre de parcs urbains, les auteurs ont étudié la diversité des papillons dans les parcs de Shenzhen. Les auteurs ont mesuré la diversité des espèces de papillons au sein de quatre micro-habitats (bosquets, haies, plate-bandes et zones non aménagées) dans 10 parcs et ils ont examiné la relation avec les variables : l'âge du parc, sa taille et la distance séparant le parc d'un quartier des affaires central. Les papillons ont été identifiés sur la base de la morphologie de leurs ailes et au moyen de l'analyse de codes à barres d'ADN. Les auteurs ont recueilli 1933 papillons appartenant à 74 espèces et six familles; 20 % des espèces étaient considérées comme étant rares. Le diversité des espèces présentait une faible corrélation négative avec l'âge du parc et la distance séparant celui-ci d'un quartier central, mais une corrélation positive avec la taille du parc était statistiquement significative (p = 0,001). Parmi les types de micro-habitats, la plus grande diversité en espèces a été rencontrée au sein des zones non aménagées. Ces observations concordent avec les données provenant d'ailleurs ce qui s...

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Can butterflies cope with city life? Butterfly diversity in a young megacity in southern China

Sing

Dong

Wang

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“…rapae is by far the most common butterfly in urban landscapes of North Amercia including New York City (Shapiro and Shapiro 1973;Giuliano et al 2004) and Chicago (Matteson et al 2012). In urban community gardens of New York City P. rapae is forty times as abundant as the next most common butterfly (Matteson and Langellotto 2010).…”

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Evaluating Community Gardens as Habitat for an Urban Butterfly

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Langellotto²

2012

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Although many butterfly species persist in heavily developed landscapes, it is unclear what factors influence movements of butterflies among urban habitat patches. We used mark-recapture and translocation experiments to assess residency and movement of the highly successful urban butterfly, Pieris rapae, within and among community gardens of New York City. Although the majority of marked butterflies used gardens transiently, a small number remained for several days. Recruitment (via pupation and/or immigration) and residence time of P. rapae adults was higher in larger gardens and gardens with more flowers. Residence time, but not recruitment, was influenced by the amount of surrounding green space. When translocated outside of gardens, butterflies readily moved to a variety of other urban green spaces including street trees, street plantings and other small patches of vegetation. This study demonstrate the ability of P. rapae to move through heavily developed landscapes and to locate floral resources, factors which may contribute to this species success in urbanized landscapes.

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“…Plant species richness in urban parks is positively related to Lepidoptera species richness, as demonstrated in New York (Giuliano et al 2004 ). A series of eight parks were surveyed by sweepnetting and transect walks, and results showed that park size was related positively to relative abundance and richness at the park level ( Fig.…”

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confidence: 69%

Providing Habitats for Urban Insects

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2015

Insect Conservation and Urban Environments

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Lepidoptera-habitat relationships in urban parks

Cited by 43 publications

References 19 publications

Can butterflies cope with city life? Butterfly diversity in a young megacity in southern China

Can butterflies cope with city life? Butterfly diversity in a young megacity in southern China

Evaluating Community Gardens as Habitat for an Urban Butterfly

Providing Habitats for Urban Insects

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