Towards sustainable cities: native plants on experimental rooftops promote higher insect abundance than exotics
- Autores
- Fenoglio, Maria Silvina; Tavella, Julia Rita; Beccacece, Hernán Mario; Moreno, Maria Laura; Salvo, Adriana; Fabian, Diego; Estallo, Elizabet; Calviño, Ana
- Año de publicación
- 2020
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- inglés
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- As urbanization continues growing, green roofs design emerges as a promising alternative to enhance plants and animals within cities. The scarce evidence available, nevertheless, gives no clear advantage of plants’ origin on insect abundance. By using an experimental approach where the origin of the plant species (native-exotic) was manipulated across an urbanization gradient, we evaluated their efficiency as surrogate habitats for insects in Cordoba city, central Argentina. To do so we installed, in each of 30 houses, two blocks of a modular extensive green roof system (3m2 each), with either native or exotic plant species (6 species each). In March 2019 we used pan yellow traps to sample insects, whereas the level of urbanization of each house was estimated by using NDVI and surface temperature in a buffer of 400m. A total of 9024 insects from 10 taxonomic orders were registered, being Diptera (40%), Hymenoptera (21%), Hemiptera (21%) and Thysanoptera (14%) the dominant groups. We found a significant effect (χ2 =11.58; p<0.0001) of the origin of plant species on total insect abundance, but non-effect of urbanization degree. Native plants sustained significantly more insects (median= 165,5; q1-q4=78.25-419) than exotics (median=115; q1-q4=78,25-312). This suggests that native plants on green roofs promote a higher abundance of insects than exotics probably due to the first share a greater evolutionary history with local fauna. On the way to achieve more sustainable, greener cities, our results highlight that the origin of vegetation should be taken into account in green roof design to better achieve urban insect conservation.
Fil: Fenoglio, Maria Silvina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina
Fil: Tavella, Julia Rita. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Botánica General; Argentina
Fil: Beccacece, Hernán Mario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina
Fil: Moreno, Maria Laura. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas; Argentina
Fil: Salvo, Adriana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina
Fil: Fabian, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina
Fil: Estallo, Elizabet. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas; Argentina
Fil: Calviño, Ana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina
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Towards sustainable cities: native plants on experimental rooftops promote higher insect abundance than exoticsFenoglio, Maria SilvinaTavella, Julia RitaBeccacece, Hernán MarioMoreno, Maria LauraSalvo, AdrianaFabian, DiegoEstallo, ElizabetCalviño, AnaURBAN ECOLOGYINSECTEXOTIC PLANTSNATIVE PLANTShttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1As urbanization continues growing, green roofs design emerges as a promising alternative to enhance plants and animals within cities. The scarce evidence available, nevertheless, gives no clear advantage of plants’ origin on insect abundance. By using an experimental approach where the origin of the plant species (native-exotic) was manipulated across an urbanization gradient, we evaluated their efficiency as surrogate habitats for insects in Cordoba city, central Argentina. To do so we installed, in each of 30 houses, two blocks of a modular extensive green roof system (3m2 each), with either native or exotic plant species (6 species each). In March 2019 we used pan yellow traps to sample insects, whereas the level of urbanization of each house was estimated by using NDVI and surface temperature in a buffer of 400m. A total of 9024 insects from 10 taxonomic orders were registered, being Diptera (40%), Hymenoptera (21%), Hemiptera (21%) and Thysanoptera (14%) the dominant groups. We found a significant effect (χ2 =11.58; p<0.0001) of the origin of plant species on total insect abundance, but non-effect of urbanization degree. Native plants sustained significantly more insects (median= 165,5; q1-q4=78.25-419) than exotics (median=115; q1-q4=78,25-312). This suggests that native plants on green roofs promote a higher abundance of insects than exotics probably due to the first share a greater evolutionary history with local fauna. On the way to achieve more sustainable, greener cities, our results highlight that the origin of vegetation should be taken into account in green roof design to better achieve urban insect conservation.Fil: Fenoglio, Maria Silvina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; ArgentinaFil: Tavella, Julia Rita. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Botánica General; ArgentinaFil: Beccacece, Hernán Mario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; ArgentinaFil: Moreno, Maria Laura. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas; ArgentinaFil: Salvo, Adriana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; ArgentinaFil: Fabian, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; ArgentinaFil: Estallo, Elizabet. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas; ArgentinaFil: Calviño, Ana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. 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Towards sustainable cities: native plants on experimental rooftops promote higher insect abundance than exotics |
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Towards sustainable cities: native plants on experimental rooftops promote higher insect abundance than exotics Fenoglio, Maria Silvina URBAN ECOLOGY INSECT EXOTIC PLANTS NATIVE PLANTS |
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Towards sustainable cities: native plants on experimental rooftops promote higher insect abundance than exotics |
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Towards sustainable cities: native plants on experimental rooftops promote higher insect abundance than exotics |
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Towards sustainable cities: native plants on experimental rooftops promote higher insect abundance than exotics |
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Towards sustainable cities: native plants on experimental rooftops promote higher insect abundance than exotics |
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Fenoglio, Maria Silvina Tavella, Julia Rita Beccacece, Hernán Mario Moreno, Maria Laura Salvo, Adriana Fabian, Diego Estallo, Elizabet Calviño, Ana |
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Fenoglio, Maria Silvina |
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Fenoglio, Maria Silvina Tavella, Julia Rita Beccacece, Hernán Mario Moreno, Maria Laura Salvo, Adriana Fabian, Diego Estallo, Elizabet Calviño, Ana |
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Tavella, Julia Rita Beccacece, Hernán Mario Moreno, Maria Laura Salvo, Adriana Fabian, Diego Estallo, Elizabet Calviño, Ana |
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URBAN ECOLOGY INSECT EXOTIC PLANTS NATIVE PLANTS |
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https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
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As urbanization continues growing, green roofs design emerges as a promising alternative to enhance plants and animals within cities. The scarce evidence available, nevertheless, gives no clear advantage of plants’ origin on insect abundance. By using an experimental approach where the origin of the plant species (native-exotic) was manipulated across an urbanization gradient, we evaluated their efficiency as surrogate habitats for insects in Cordoba city, central Argentina. To do so we installed, in each of 30 houses, two blocks of a modular extensive green roof system (3m2 each), with either native or exotic plant species (6 species each). In March 2019 we used pan yellow traps to sample insects, whereas the level of urbanization of each house was estimated by using NDVI and surface temperature in a buffer of 400m. A total of 9024 insects from 10 taxonomic orders were registered, being Diptera (40%), Hymenoptera (21%), Hemiptera (21%) and Thysanoptera (14%) the dominant groups. We found a significant effect (χ2 =11.58; p<0.0001) of the origin of plant species on total insect abundance, but non-effect of urbanization degree. Native plants sustained significantly more insects (median= 165,5; q1-q4=78.25-419) than exotics (median=115; q1-q4=78,25-312). This suggests that native plants on green roofs promote a higher abundance of insects than exotics probably due to the first share a greater evolutionary history with local fauna. On the way to achieve more sustainable, greener cities, our results highlight that the origin of vegetation should be taken into account in green roof design to better achieve urban insect conservation. Fil: Fenoglio, Maria Silvina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Tavella, Julia Rita. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía. Cátedra de Botánica General; Argentina Fil: Beccacece, Hernán Mario. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Moreno, Maria Laura. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Salta. Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas; Argentina Fil: Salvo, Adriana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Fabian, Diego. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina Fil: Estallo, Elizabet. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas y Tecnológicas; Argentina Fil: Calviño, Ana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal; Argentina Ecological Society of Australia 2020 Conference: Understanding Ecological Extremes: Mechanisms of Resilience and Recovery Windsor Australia Ecological Society of Australia |
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As urbanization continues growing, green roofs design emerges as a promising alternative to enhance plants and animals within cities. The scarce evidence available, nevertheless, gives no clear advantage of plants’ origin on insect abundance. By using an experimental approach where the origin of the plant species (native-exotic) was manipulated across an urbanization gradient, we evaluated their efficiency as surrogate habitats for insects in Cordoba city, central Argentina. To do so we installed, in each of 30 houses, two blocks of a modular extensive green roof system (3m2 each), with either native or exotic plant species (6 species each). In March 2019 we used pan yellow traps to sample insects, whereas the level of urbanization of each house was estimated by using NDVI and surface temperature in a buffer of 400m. A total of 9024 insects from 10 taxonomic orders were registered, being Diptera (40%), Hymenoptera (21%), Hemiptera (21%) and Thysanoptera (14%) the dominant groups. We found a significant effect (χ2 =11.58; p<0.0001) of the origin of plant species on total insect abundance, but non-effect of urbanization degree. Native plants sustained significantly more insects (median= 165,5; q1-q4=78.25-419) than exotics (median=115; q1-q4=78,25-312). This suggests that native plants on green roofs promote a higher abundance of insects than exotics probably due to the first share a greater evolutionary history with local fauna. On the way to achieve more sustainable, greener cities, our results highlight that the origin of vegetation should be taken into account in green roof design to better achieve urban insect conservation. |
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