ČEPLOVÁ, Natálie, Veronika KALUSOVÁ and Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ. Effects of settlement size, urban heat island and habitat type on urban plant biodiversity. Landscape and Urban Planning. AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2017, vol. 159, March, p. 15-22. ISSN 0169-2046. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.11.004.
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Original name Effects of settlement size, urban heat island and habitat type on urban plant biodiversity
Authors ČEPLOVÁ, Natálie (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Veronika KALUSOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Zdeňka LOSOSOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Landscape and Urban Planning, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, 2017, 0169-2046.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10611 Plant sciences, botany
Country of publisher Netherlands
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 4.994
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/17:00094581
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.11.004
UT WoS 000392687200003
Keywords in English Alpha diversity; Archaeophytes; Central Europe; Native species; Neophytes; Urban habitats
Tags NZ, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Ing. Nicole Zrilić, učo 240776. Changed: 3/4/2018 13:43.
Abstract
Urbanized areas with high habitat heterogeneity and intense human impact form unique environment which is surprisingly rich in plant species. We explore the effect of the settlement size on plant species richness, composition and temperature requirements of plant communities. We studied three habitats with different disturbance regime in 45 Central European settlements of three different sizes. We sampled 1-ha plots in each habitat by recording all spontaneously occurring vascular plant species. We divided recorded species into groups according to their origin and residence time and according to their temperature requirements based on Ellenberg indicator values. We used ordination methods and ANOVA to detect that species communities in urban areas are generally more species rich in larger settlements than in small ones. These differences are mostly pronounced in residential areas. Increasing settlement size is significantly reflected by neophytes that are dependent on constant input of propagules caused by human activities and by native species that survive in remnants of semi-natural vegetation in urban environment. In contrast archaeophytes as a homogeneous group of species with similar traits are widespread equally through settlements of all sizes. We did not confirm the effect of urban heat island on species composition, indicating that species composition is significantly more affected by local habitat conditions than by urban size. Our results highlight the importance of urban size as important factor shaping biodiversity of native and alien plant communities in individual urban habitats and the important role of habitat mosaic for maintaining high species richness in city floras.
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GA14-10723S, research and development projectName: Rostlinná společenstva měst: model vznikajících společenstev budoucnosti
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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