Neighboring Green Network and Landscape Metrics Explain Biodiversity within Small Urban Green Areas—A Case Study on Birds
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Study Sites
2.2. Bird Survey
2.3. Explanatory Variables
2.4. Analysis
2.4.1. Modelling
2.4.2. Variation Partitioning
3. Results
3.1. Modelling
3.2. Variation Partitioning
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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(A). Case of Freiburg | ||||||||||
Models | (Int) | GA | DG | DW | HS | PA | AICc | Δi | wi | R2 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
~GA | 0.76 | 0.06 | −6.4 | 0.00 | 0.892 | 0.23 | ||||
~GA + DW | 0.76 | 0.05 | −0.02 | 0.3 | 6.76 | 0.030 | 0.27 | |||
~GA + DG | 0.76 | 0.05 | −0.01 | 0.6 | 7.04 | 0.026 | 0.25 | |||
~GA + HS | 0.76 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.7 | 7.07 | 0.026 | 0.25 | |||
~GA + PA | 0.76 | 0.06 | 0.01 | 0.7 | 7.13 | 0.025 | 0.24 | |||
(B). Case of Regensburg | ||||||||||
Models | (Int) | IS | DW | DG | HS | PA | AICc | Δi | wi | R2 |
~IS | 12.37 | −1.5 | 45.2 | 0.00 | 0.91 | 0.35 | ||||
~IS + PA | 12.37 | −1.08 | 1.28 | 51.3 | 6.05 | 0.04 | 0.57 | |||
~IS + DG | 12.37 | −1.23 | −0.99 | 52.7 | 7.43 | 0.02 | 0.49 | |||
~IS + DW | 12.37 | −1.40 | −0.33 | 54.4 | 9.15 | 0.01 | 0.36 | |||
~IS + HS | 12.37 | −1.56 | −0.09 | 54.6 | 9.32 | 0.01 | 0.35 |
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Sultana, M.; Müller, M.; Meyer, M.; Storch, I. Neighboring Green Network and Landscape Metrics Explain Biodiversity within Small Urban Green Areas—A Case Study on Birds. Sustainability 2022, 14, 6394. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116394
Sultana M, Müller M, Meyer M, Storch I. Neighboring Green Network and Landscape Metrics Explain Biodiversity within Small Urban Green Areas—A Case Study on Birds. Sustainability. 2022; 14(11):6394. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116394
Chicago/Turabian StyleSultana, Marufa, Max Müller, Magdalena Meyer, and Ilse Storch. 2022. "Neighboring Green Network and Landscape Metrics Explain Biodiversity within Small Urban Green Areas—A Case Study on Birds" Sustainability 14, no. 11: 6394. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116394
APA StyleSultana, M., Müller, M., Meyer, M., & Storch, I. (2022). Neighboring Green Network and Landscape Metrics Explain Biodiversity within Small Urban Green Areas—A Case Study on Birds. Sustainability, 14(11), 6394. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116394