Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional composition and homogenization of residential yard vegetation with contrasting management

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F20%3A00117792" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/20:00117792 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103877" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103877</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103877" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.landurbplan.2020.103877</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Taxonomic, phylogenetic, and functional composition and homogenization of residential yard vegetation with contrasting management

Original language description

Urban biotic homogenization is expected to be especially important in residential yards, where similar human preferences and management practices across environmentally heterogeneous regions might lead to the selection of similar plant species, closely related species, and/or species with similar sets of traits. We investigated how different yard management practices determine yard plant diversity and species composition in six cities of the U.S., and tested the extent to which yard management results in more homogeneous taxonomical, phylogenetic, and functional plant communities than the natural areas they replace or than relatively unmanaged areas at the residential-wildland interface ("interstitial" areas). We categorized yards based on fertilizer input frequency and landscaping style: high-input lawns, low-input lawns, and wildlife-certified yards. We defined homogenization as decreased average beta-diversity and decreased variance in alpha-diversity in yards when compared to natural and interstitial areas. We found that all residential yard types regardless of their management were functionally more homogeneous for both alpha- and beta-diversity than the natural and interstitial areas. Nevertheless, wildlife-certified yards were functionally more similar to natural areas than lawn-dominated yard types. All yard types were also more homogeneous in phylogenetic alpha-diversity compared to natural and interstitial areas, but more heterogenous in taxonomic alpha-diversity. Within yards, taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity were weakly correlated, highlighting the importance of examining multiple dimensions of biodiversity beyond taxonomic metrics. Our findings underscore the ecological importance of gardening practices that both support biodiversity and create residential plant communities that are functionally heterogeneous.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10511 - Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Landscape and Urban Planning

ISSN

0169-2046

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

202

Issue of the periodical within the volume

October

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

1-12

UT code for WoS article

000568996600002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85086836646