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Scaling up from gardens: biodiversity conservation in urban environments.

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Goddard, Mark A., Dougill, Andrew J., Benton, Tim G.·2010·Trends in Ecology & Evolution
DOI 10.1016/j.tree.2009.07.016
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As urbanisation increases globally and the natural environment becomes increasingly fragmented, the importance of urban green spaces for biodiversity conservation grows. In many countries, private gardens are a major component of urban green space and can provide considerable biodiversity benefits. Gardens and adjacent habitats form interconnected networks and a landscape ecology framework is necessary to understand the relationship between the spatial configuration of garden patches and their constituent biodiversity. A scale-dependent tension is apparent in garden management, whereby the individual garden is much smaller than the unit of management needed to retain viable populations. To overcome this, here we suggest mechanisms for encouraging 'wildlife-friendly' management of collections of gardens across scales from the neighbourhood to the city.

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  • Urban planning that includes many connected, high quality green spaces has the potential to provide major improvements to the ability of urban areas to hold diversity and connect surrounding areas.

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Authors
Goddard, M. A., Dougill, A. J., & Benton, T. G.
Affiliations
University of Leeds (GB)
Corresponding author
Goddard, Mark A.
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Venue
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-02
Volume
25
Issue
2
Pages
90-98
ISSN
0169-5347 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.tree.2009.07.016
OpenAlex
W2131407644
Cited by
1,595
References
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FWCI
4.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Newcastle University ePrints (Newcastle Univesity)
Funders
University of Michigan
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Urban Green Space and Health
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Urban Arborization and Environmental Studies
Keywords
urban biodiversity conservation, private gardens, urban green space, landscape ecology, scale dependence, population viability, urbanization, habitat fragmentation
MeSH terms
Animals, City Planning, Conservation of Natural Resources, Plants, Urbanization, Biodiversity

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