Predicting the assembly of novel communities in urban ecosystems
- PDF / 509,693 Bytes
- 15 Pages / 547.087 x 737.008 pts Page_size
- 43 Downloads / 211 Views
(0123456789().,-volV) ( 01234567 89().,-volV)
PERSPECTIVE
Predicting the assembly of novel communities in urban ecosystems Riley Andrade . Janet Franklin . Kelli L. Larson . Christopher M. Swan Susannah B. Lerman . Heather L. Bateman . Paige S. Warren . Abigail York
.
Received: 13 February 2020 / Accepted: 13 October 2020 Ó Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Abstract Context Ecological communities in urban ecosystems are assembled through ecological processes, such as species interactions, dispersal, and environmental filtering, but also through human factors that create and modify the landscape. These complex interactions make it difficult to untangle the relationships between social–ecological dynamics and urban biodiversity. Objectives As a result, there has been a call for research to address how human activities influence the
processes by which ecological communities are structured in urban ecosystems. We address this research challenge using core concepts from landscape ecology to develop a framework that links social-ecological dynamics to ecological communities using the metacommunity perspective. Methods The metacommunity perspective is a useful framework to explore the assembly of novel communities because it distinguishes between the effects of local environmental heterogeneity and regional spatial
R. Andrade (&) K. L. Larson School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 875302, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA e-mail: [email protected]
S. B. Lerman USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, 160 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
R. Andrade Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign, 1102 S Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801, USA J. Franklin Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California-Riverside, 900 University Ave, Riverside, CA 92521, USA K. L. Larson School of Sustainability, Arizona State University, 800 Cady Mall #108, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
H. L. Bateman College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Arizona State University, 6073 South Backus Mall, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA P. S. Warren Department of Environmental Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 160 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA 01003, USA A. York School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 872402, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
C. M. Swan Department of Geography & Environmental Systems, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21050, USA
123
Landscape Ecol
processes in structuring ecological communities. Both are shaped by social–ecological dynamics in urban ecosystems. Results In this paper, we define social, environmental, and spatial processes that structure metacommunities, and ultimately biodiversity, in cities. We then address how our framework could be applied in urban ecosystem research to understand multi-scalar biodiversity patterns. Conclusions Our framework provides a theoretical and empirical foundation for transdisciplinary research to examine how social-ecologica
Data Loading...
