Landscape configuration and habitat complexity shape arthropod assemblage in urban parks.

ABSTRACT: The urbanization process systematically leads to the loss of biodiversity. Only certain arthropods are resilient to the urbanization process and can thrive in the novel conditions of urbanized landscapes. However, the degree to which arthropod communities survive in urban habitats depends on landscape and local effects and biological interactions (e.g., trophic interactions). In the present study, we examined the relative importance of various factors at landscape (isolation, edge density and area of surrounding greenery) and local (size of park, canopy cover, understory vegetation cover, defoliation depth, weight of dried leaves, soil temperature, soil moisture, and soil pH) spatial scales on the diversity of ants, beetles and spiders in urban parks. Our results indicated that park edge d

SUBMITTER: Peng MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7525568 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature