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DOI: | 10.1007/s11252-007-0045-4 |
Web URL(s): | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11252-007-0045-4 Last checked: 10/06/2017 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs11252-007-0045-4.pdf Last checked: 10/06/2017 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
Publication Type:
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Author(s): | McKinney, Michael L. |
Author Affiliation: | Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN |
Title: | Effects of urbanization on species richness: A review of plants and animals |
Source: | Urban Ecosystems. Vol. 11, No. 2, June 2008, p. 161-176. |
Publishing Information: | Andover, Hants, United Kingdom: Chapman and Hall |
# of Pages: | 16 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Biodiversity; Environmental impact; Population dynamics; Urban habitat; Urbanization
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Abstract/Contents: | "Many studies have described the effects of urbanization on species richness. These studies indicate that urbanization can increase or decrease species richness, depending on several variables. Some of these variables include: taxonomic group, spatial scale of analysis, and intensity of urbanization. Recent reviews of birds (the most-studied group) indicate that species richness decreases with increasing urbanization in most cases but produces no change or even increases richness in some studies. Here I expand beyond the bird studies by reviewing 105 studies on the effects of urbanization on the species richness of non-avian species: mammals, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates and plants. For all groups, species richness tends to be reduced in areas with extreme urbanization (i.e., central urban core areas). However, the effects of moderate levels of urbanization (i.e., suburban areas) vary significantly among groups. Most of the plant studies (about 65%) indicate increasing species richness with moderate urbanization whereas only a minority of invertebrate studies (about 30%) and a very small minority of non-avian vertebrate studies (about 12%) show increasing species richness. Possible explanations for these results are discussed, including the importance of nonnative species importation, spatial heterogeneity, intermediate disturbance and scale as major factors influencing species richness." |
Language: | English |
References: | 141 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): McKinney, M. L. 2008. Effects of urbanization on species richness: A review of plants and animals. Urban Ecosystems. 11(2):p. 161-176. |
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| DOI: 10.1007/s11252-007-0045-4 |
| Web URL(s): https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11252-007-0045-4 Last checked: 10/06/2017 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs11252-007-0045-4.pdf Last checked: 10/06/2017 Requires: PDF Reader Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website |
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