Positive relationships among aboveground biomass, tree species diversity, and urban greening management in tropical coastal city of Haikou.

ABSTRACT: Within urban green spaces, tree species diversity is believed to correlate with aboveground biomass, though there is some disagreement within the literature on the strength and directionality of the relationship. Therefore, we assessed the relationship between the biodiversity of woody species and the aboveground biomass of woody plant species in the tropical, coastal city of Haikou in southern China. To accomplish this, we obtained comprehensive tree and site data through field sampling of 190 urban functional units (UFUs, or work units) corresponding to six types of land uses governmental-institutional, industrial-commercial, park-recreational, residential, transport infrastructure, and undeveloped area. Based on our field data, we investigated the relationship between tree species diver

SUBMITTER: Nizamani MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8427621 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature