What shapes plant and animal diversity on urban golf courses?
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Nooten, Sabine S.; Schultheiss, Patrick; Wright, Jules; Macdonald, Catriona; Singh, Brajesh K; Cook, James M.; Power, Sally A.
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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...[Show more]
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Date published: | 2018 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/258211 |
Source: | Urban Ecosystems |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11252-017-0728-4 |
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