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| DOI: | 10.1007/s11252-017-0728-4 |
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| Author(s): | Nooten, Sabine S.;
Schultheiss, Patrick;
Wright, Jules;
Macdonald, Catriona;
Singh, Brajesh K.;
Cook, James M.;
Power, Sally, A. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Nooten: Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia and Department of Animal Ecology and Tropical Biology, Biozentrum, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany; Schultheiss: Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia and Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia and Research Center on Animal Cognition, Center for Integrative Biology, Toulouse University, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France; Wright, Macdonald, Cook, and Power: Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia; Singh: Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia and Global Centre for Land Based Innovation, Western Sydney University, Penrith, NSW, Australia |
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| Title: | What shapes plant and animal diversity on urban golf courses? |
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| Source: | Urban Ecosystems. Vol. 21, No. 3, June 2018, p. 565-576. |
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| Publishing Information: | Andover, Hants, United Kingdom: Chapman and Hall |
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| # of Pages: | 12 |
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| Related Web URL: | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11252-017-0728-4#Abs1
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Aves; Diversity; Ecosystems; Formicidae; Golf courses in the environment; Urban habitat
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Recent concern over increasing loss of biodiversity has prompted considerable interest in the role of urban green spaces as reservoirs of local biodiversity. This study assessed the diversity of three indicator taxa - plants, ants and birds - on golf courses spanning a wide range of environmental variation in terms of climate, elevation, course age, size and connectivity to native woodland. Species richness and community composition was further compared between contrasting on-course habitat types that reflect different management intensities. We identified a set of taxon-specific environmental correlates indicating an intricate interplay of landscape- and local-scale variables that affect local species diversity. Our results show that floristic diversity is positively associated with the amount of rainfall, whereas ant and bird diversity are related to local-scale factors, particularly the number of trees and the size of water features on a site. The amount of on-course native habitat was a strong predictor of plant and ant diversity and was also associated with the number of unique species at the site level; this reinforces the value of remnant habitat patches as local biodiversity reservoirs that represent mini hot-spots in an otherwise species-poor urban landscape. Community composition for all three taxa differed markedly between non-playing and playing areas, with boundary and remnant habitats generally having more diverse, species-rich communities. Our results suggest that local floral and faunal biodiversity on urban golf courses can be enhanced by creating woody non-playing areas and, especially, by preserving, restoring or expanding remnant habitats." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 75 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Nooten, S. S., P. Schultheiss, J. Wright, C. Macdonald, B. K. Singh, J. M. Cook, et al. 2018. What shapes plant and animal diversity on urban golf courses?. Urban Ecosystems. 21(3):p. 565-576. |
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| DOI: 10.1007/s11252-017-0728-4 |
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