Butterflies in urban parks in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, Thailand.

ABSTRACT:

Background

For residents of East-Southeast Asia's megacities, interactions with "nature" may be largely limited to interactions taking place in urban parks. Urban parks provide refuges for ecologically-important biodiversity, such as insect pollinators. While residents may be unlikely to notice small insects, butterflies are more likely to be noticed and to provide positive human-"nature" interactions. Engaging residents and city planners in promoting habitat for butterflies is valid conservation practice and has well-understood educational and well-being benefits. Surveying and monitoring is an essential activity to corroborate, improve and communicate the outcomes of conservation practices amongst city governments, scientists and other stakeholders. Here we present the data from

SUBMITTER: Jaturas N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7572522 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature