Erschienen in:

01.11.2024 | Original Research

Contribution of ruderal herbaceous vegetation to supporting services in Mediterranean urban greenspaces

verfasst von: M. G. Torija, J. R. Quintana, R. Pino-Bodas, J. A. Molina

Erschienen in: Biodiversity and Conservation | Ausgabe 1/2025

Einloggen

Aktivieren Sie unsere intelligente Suche, um passende Fachinhalte oder Patente zu finden.

search-config

KI-gestützte Suche

Aus

Abstract

Der Artikel geht auf die entscheidende Rolle der Ruderalkrautvegetation bei der Unterstützung von Ökosystemleistungen innerhalb urbaner mediterraner Grünflächen ein. Er diskutiert die Herausforderungen, die von der Stadterweiterung und dem Klimawandel ausgehen, und betont die Notwendigkeit gut geplanter Managementstrategien, um qualitativ hochwertige städtische Grünflächen zu erhalten. Die Studie konzentriert sich auf vier ausgewählte Pflanzengemeinschaften in Madrid und untersucht ihre Beiträge zur Biodiversität, Primärproduktion und zum Nährstoffkreislauf. Die Forschung unterstreicht die Bedeutung spontaner Ruderalvegetation für die Verbesserung der Biodiversität und die Bereitstellung wesentlicher Ökosystemdienstleistungen ohne Wartungsaufwand. Die Ergebnisse bieten wertvolle Erkenntnisse für Strategien zum Schutz und Management, die darauf abzielen, die Artenvielfalt in den Städten des Mittelmeerraums zu erhalten und die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels abzumildern.

KI-Generiert

Diese Zusammenfassung des Fachinhalts wurde mit Hilfe von KI generiert.

Abstract

In the current global context of increasing urbanization, urban greenspaces are expected to play a key role in supporting ecosystem services. Spontaneous ruderal vegetation has an important function in urban greenspaces, but more in-depth studies are needed to increase our knowledge of its contribution to providing supporting ecosystem services. We aimed to uncover the contribution to biodiversity maintenance, primary production and nutrient cycling of four selected plant communities that are widely distributed in Mediterranean urban greenspaces, namely the perennial herb communities of Malva spp., roadside vegetation with Diplotaxis virgata, annual grasslands of Hordeum murinum subsp. leporinum and perennial grasslands of Dactylis glomerata. We determined the floristic composition, species richness, species density, abundance, alpha diversity (Shannon index, Simpson index), beta diversity (Sørensen coefficient), total vegetation cover, cover of life forms and cover of functional groups. The macronutrient content of leaves and roots of the species with the highest coverage in each vegetation type was analysed. We used the generalized linear model to relate vegetation type to compositional and structural features supporting ecosystem services. Our results showed that Mediterranean urban greenspaces have a high plant biodiversity. Roadside vegetation had the highest species richness and alpha diversity, with a high cover of S-accumulator plants (Diplotaxis virgata) showing a high N content in their leaves. Annual grasslands had the highest abundance and cover of silica-accumulator plants. The greatest floristic similarity was found between roadside communities and annual grasslands. Primary production was high in perennial herbs of Malva species, which are rich in mucilage and leaf N content. Dactylis glomerata, the dominant species in perennial grasslands, showed a higher C content in leaves, so this vegetation type can be expected to make a higher contribution to C cycling. We conclude that ruderal vegetation provides a range of supporting ecosystem services according to the community type, a finding that should be considered in the conservation and management of Mediterranean urban greenspaces.

Vorheriger Artikel Charismatic, but not attractive: bringing attention to the conservation of freshwater cetaceans

Nächster Artikel Spatial variation of algal diversity due to conversion of mangrove to rice ecology in Sundarban, India

Sie haben noch keine Lizenz? Dann Informieren Sie sich jetzt über unsere Produkte:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 102.000 Bücher
über 537 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Automobil + Motoren
Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
Finance + Banking
Management + Führung
Marketing + Vertrieb
Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe
Versicherung + Risiko

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

Jetzt informieren

Springer Professional "Technik"

Online-Abonnement

Mit Springer Professional "Technik" erhalten Sie Zugriff auf:

über 67.000 Bücher
über 390 Zeitschriften

aus folgenden Fachgebieten:

Automobil + Motoren
Bauwesen + Immobilien
Business IT + Informatik
Elektrotechnik + Elektronik
Energie + Nachhaltigkeit
Maschinenbau + Werkstoffe

Jetzt Wissensvorsprung sichern!

Jetzt informieren

Nur mit Berechtigung zugänglich

Adler PB, Seabloom EW, Borer ET et al (2011) Productivity is a poor predictor of plant species richness. Science 333(6050):1750–1753. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1204498CrossRefPubMed

Aedo C, Buira A, Medina L, Fernández-Albert M (2017) The Iberian vascular Flora: Richness, Endemicity and distribution patterns. In: Loidi J (ed) The vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula. Plant and vegetation. Springer, Cham, pp 101–130. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54784-8_4CrossRef

AEMET (2023) Valores climatológicos normales. Madrid. https://www.aemet.es/es/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/valoresclimatologicos?l=3195&k=undefined. Accessed 25 Mar 2024

Beauvais MP, Pellerin S, Lavoie C (2016) Beta diversity declines while native plant species richness triples over 35 years in a suburban protected area. Biol Conserv 195:73–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2015.12.040CrossRef

Ben-simchon E, Sapir E, Vaknin Y, Shelef O (2019) Malvaceae spp. leaves as a novel crop for food. Int J Agric for Life Sci 3:279–286

Benvenuti S (2004) Weed dynamics in the Mediterranean urban ecosystem: ecology, biodiversity and management. Weed Res 44(5):341–354. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3180.2004.00410.xCrossRef

Bianco VV, Santamaria P, Elia A (1998) Nutritional value and nitrate content in edible wild species used in southern Italy. Acta Hortic 467:71–90. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.467.7CrossRef

Bianco PM, Pignatti S, Bianco PM et al (2003) Ruderalization in a Roman Park as a result of changing management. Urban Habitats 1:87–104

Bot Mad et al (2023) Madrid Flora Urbana. Catálogo de la flora silvestre urbana, Lista Roja y recomendaciones para la gestión del patrimonio botánica de la ciudad. Doce calles, Aranjuez

Branca F, Cartea E (2011) Brassica. In: Kole C (ed) Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources. Springer, Berlin. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14871-2_2CrossRef

Bretz F, Hothorn T, Westfall PH (2023) Package ‘multcomp’ L. http://multcomp.R-forge.R-project.org. Accessed 15 Oct 2023

Bretzel F, Malorgio F, Paoletti L, Pezzarossa B (2012) Response of sowed, flowering herbaceous communities suitable for anthropic Mediterranean areas under different mowing regimes. Landsc Urban Plan 107(2):80–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.05.002CrossRef

Castro MCML, Ponte-EeSousa CMC (2012). Lawns and ornamental meadows as an alternative in the South Europe. Dissertation, Congressos Científicos Internacionais.

Castroviejo S (2012) Flora iberica 1–8, 10–15, 17–18, 21. Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid

Chocholoušková Z, Pyšek P (2003) Changes in composition and structure of urban flora over 120 years: a case study of the city of Plzeň. Flora Morphol Distrib Funct Ecol Plants 198:366–376. https://doi.org/10.1078/0367-2530-00109CrossRef

Dana ED, Vivas S, Mota JF (2002) Urban vegetation of Almería City—a contribution to urban ecology in Spain. Landsc Urban Plan 59(4):203–216. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-2046(02)00039-7CrossRef

D’Antuono L, Elementi S, Neri R (2008) Glucosinolates in Diplotaxis and Eruca leaves: Diversity, taxonomic relations and applied aspects. Phytochemistry 69:187–199. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.06.019CrossRefPubMed

Dearborn DC, Kark S (2010) Motivations for conserving urban biodiversity. Conserv Biol 24(2):432–440. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01328.xCrossRefPubMed

Del Tredici P (2010) Spontaneous urban vegetation: reflections of change in a globalized world. Nat Cult 5:299–315. https://doi.org/10.3167/nc.2010.050305CrossRef

Diamond SE, Martin RA (2021) Evolution in cities. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-012021

Eldridge DJ, Cui H, Ding J et al (2024) Urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem services. Urban Sustain 4:15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-024-00154-zCrossRef

Faeth SH, Bang C, Saari S (2011) Urban biodiversity: patterns and mechanisms. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1223(1):69–81. https://doi.org/10.1111/J.1749-6632.2010.05925.XCrossRefPubMed

FAO (2014) World reference base for soil resources 2014: international soil classification system for naming soils and creating legends for soil maps. https://www.fao.org/3/i3794en/I3794en.pdf. Accessed 20 Dec 2023

Fayiah M, Dong S, Li Y, Xu Y, Gao X, Li S, Shen H, Xiao J, Yang Y, Wessell K (2019) The relationships between plant diversity, plant cover, plant biomass and soil fertility vary with grassland type on Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. Agric Ecosyst Environ 286:106659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2019.106659CrossRef

Filibeck G, Petrella P, Cornelini P (2016) All ecosystems look messy, but some more so than others: a case-study on the management and acceptance of Mediterranean urban grasslands. Urban for Urban Green 15:32–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2015.11.005CrossRef

Guo P, Su Y, Wan W et al (2018) Urban plant diversity in relation to land use types in built-up areas of Beijing. Chin Geogr Sci 28:100–110. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-018-0934-xCrossRef

Hartig F, Lohse L (2022) Package “DHARMa”. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/DHARMa/index.html. Accessed 15 Oct 2023

INE (2023) Estadística Continua de Población (ECP). https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/es/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736177095&menu=ultiDatos&idp=1254735572981. Accessed 30 Dec 2023

IPCC (2014) Climate change 2014: Impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability. Part A: global and sectoral aspects. Contribution of working group II to the fifth assessment report of the intergovernmental panel on climate change. Cambridge

Kabisch N, Strohbach M, Haase D, Kronenberg J (2016) Urban green space availability in European cities. Ecol Indic 70:586–596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.02.029CrossRef

Kalarus K, Halecki W, Skalski T (2019) Both semi-natural and ruderal habitats matter for supporting insect functional diversity in an abandoned quarry in the city of Kraków (S Poland). Urban Ecosyst 22:943–953. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-019-00869-3CrossRef

Kantsa A, Tscheulin T, Junker RR et al (2013) Urban biodiversity hotspots wait to get discovered: the example of the city of Ioannina, NW Greece. Landsc Urban Plan 120:129–137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.08.013CrossRef

López-Jiménez N (2007) Las plantas vasculares de la comunidad de madrid. Doctoral thesis

Luyckx M, Hausman JF, Lutts S, Guerriero G (2017) Silicon and plants: current knowledge and technological perspectives. Front Plant Sci 8:411. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.00411CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Midolo G, Herben T, Axmanová I et al (2023) Disturbance indicator values for European plants. Glob Ecol Biogeogr 32:24–34. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13603CrossRef

Midolo G, Axmanová I, Divíšek J et al (2024) Diversity and distribution of Raunkiær’s life forms in European vegetation. J Veg Sci. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.13229CrossRef

Molina JA (2022) Biodiversidad de los Campus UCM: vegetación y flora. In: Rescia A, Lucas M, Gutiérrez M (eds) Trabajos en sostenibilidad y resiliencia socio-ecológica en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Ediciones Complutense, Madrid, pp 99–121

Molina JA, Martín-Sanz JP, Casermeiro MÁ, Quintana JR (2023) Spontaneous urban vegetation as an indicator of soil functionality and ecosystem services. Appl Veg Sci. https://doi.org/10.1111/avsc.12728CrossRef

Molina JA, Martín-Sanz JP, Casermeiro MÁ, Quintana JR (2024) Soil depth and vegetation type influence ecosystem functions in urban greenspaces. Appl Soil Ecol 194:105209. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.105209CrossRef

Nazari M (2021) Plant mucilage components and their functions in the rhizosphere. Rhizosphere 18:100344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2021.100344CrossRef

Norton BA, Evans KL, Warren PH (2016) Urban biodiversity and landscape ecology: patterns, processes and planning. Curr Landsc Ecol Rep 1:178–192. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40823-016-0018-5CrossRef

Özer MÖ, Aksoy M (2019) Mineral composition and nutritional properties of Malva neglecta and Malvella sherardiana consumed as vegetable in Central Black Sea region of Turkey. Turkish J Food Agric Sci 18–23

Pandey B, Ghosh A (2023) Urban ecosystem services and climate change: a dynamic interplay. Front Sustain Cities 5:1281430. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2023.1281430CrossRef

Panitsa M, Iliadou E, Kokkoris I et al (2020) Distribution patterns of ruderal plant diversity in Greece. Biodivers Conserv 29:869–891. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-019-01915-4CrossRef

Pantaloni M, Marinelli G, Santilocchi R, Minelli A, Neri D (2022) Sustainable management practices for urban green spaces to support green infrastructure: an italian case study. Sustainability 14(7): 4243.

Perez-Harguindeguy et al (2013) New handbook for standardised measurement of plant functional traits worldwide. Aust Bot 61:167–234CrossRef

Quintana JR, de la Cruz Caravaca MT, Martínez MAC (2022) Suelos de la Ciudad Universitaria. In: Rescia A, Lucas M, Gutiérrez M (eds) Trabajos en sostenibilidad y resiliencia socio-ecológica en la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Ediciones Complutense, pp 91–97

Quintana JR, Fernández-Sanjulián J, González-Ubierna S, Casermeiro MÁ, Torija MG, Alía T, Vázquez A, Molina JA (2024) Successional stages in Mediterranean grasslands differ in the quality of ecosystem services in urban greenspaces. Glob Ecol Conserv 54:e03118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2024.e03118CrossRef

R Core Team (2022) R: A language and environment for statistical computing

Raunkiaer C (1934) The life forms of plants and statistical plant geography. Oxford University Press, London

Rivas-Martínez S (1978) La vegetación de Hordeion leporini en España. Documents Phytosociologiques 9:377–392

Rivas-Martínez S, Penas Á, del Río S, Díaz TEG, Rivas-Sáenz S (2017) Bioclimatology of the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. In: Loidi J (ed) The vegetation of the Iberian Peninsula. Plant and vegetation, vol 12. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54784-8_2CrossRef

Rivas-Martínez S, Díaz TE, Fernández-González F et al (2002) Vascular plant communities of Spain and Portugal. Addenda to the syntaxonomical checklist of 2001. Itinera Geobotanica

Robinson SL, Lundholm JT (2012) Ecosystem services provided by urban spontaneous vegetation. Urban Ecosyst 15(3):545–557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-012-0225-8CrossRef

Ryś K, Chmura D, Prostański D, Woźniak G (2023) Biomass amounts of spontaneous vegetation on post-coal mine novel ecosystem in relation to biotic parameters. Energies 16:7513. https://doi.org/10.3390/en16227513CrossRef

Sánchez P, Alcaraz F (1993) Flora, vegetación y paisaje vegetal de las sierras de segura orientales. Albacete

Seto KC, Fragkias M, Güneralp B, Reilly MK (2011) A meta-analysis of global urban land expansion. PLoS ONE 6(8):e23777. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023777CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Siwik-Ziomek A, Koper J (2010) Changes in the content of sulphate sulphur and arylsulphatase activity in soil under potato caused by fertilization. J Elementology. https://doi.org/10.5601/jelem.2010.15.1.171-176CrossRef

Solecki W, Marcotullio P (2013) Climate change and urban biodiversity vulnerability. Cities and biodiversity outlook: urbanization, biodiversity and ecosystem services: challenges and opportunities, pp 85–504. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7088-1_25

Sukopp H, Werner P (1983) Urban environments and vegetation. Man’s impact on vegetation. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp 247–260CrossRef

Swanwick C, Dunnett N, Woolley H (2003) Nature, role and value of green space in towns and cities: an overview. Built Environ 29:94–106. https://doi.org/10.2148/benv.29.2.94.54467CrossRef

The World Bank (2023) United nations population division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision. https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS. Accessed 20 Dec 2023

Valverde-Asenjo I, Diéguez-Antón A, Martín-Sanz JP et al (2020) Soil and vegetation dynamics in a chronosequence of abandoned vineyards. Agric Ecosyst Environ 301:107049. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2020.107049CrossRef

Vermeer JG, Berendse F (1983) The relationship between nutrient availability, shoot biomass and species richness in grassland and wetland communities. Vegetatio 53:121–126. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00043032CrossRef

Vieira J, Matos P, Mexia T et al (2018) Green spaces are not all the same for the provision of air purification and climate regulation services: the case of urban parks. Environ Res 160:306–313. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.10.006CrossRefPubMed

WFO (2023) Plant List World Flora. https://wfoplantlist.org/plant-list/ Accessed 5 Dec 2023

Wickham H, Chang W, Henry L, et al (2024) Package “ggplot2”. https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/ggplot2/ggplot2.pdf. Accessed 15 Oct 2023

Zara L, Tordoni E, Castro-Delgado S et al (2021) Cross-taxon relationships in Mediterranean urban ecosystem: a case study from the city of Trieste. Ecol Indic 125:107538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107538CrossRef

Zhao X, Li F, Yan Y, Zhang Q (2022) Biodiversity in urban green space: a bibliometric review on the current research field and its prospects. Int J Environ Res Public Health 19(19):12544. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph191912544CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral

Zipperer WC (2011) The process of natural succession in urban areas. In: Douglas I, Goode D, Houck M, Wang R (eds) The Routledge handbook of urban ecology. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203839263CrossRef

Titel: Contribution of ruderal herbaceous vegetation to supporting services in Mediterranean urban greenspaces
verfasst von: M. G. Torija
J. R. Quintana
R. Pino-Bodas
J. A. Molina
Publikationsdatum: 01.11.2024
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Biodiversity and Conservation / Ausgabe 1/2025
Print ISSN: 0960-3115
Elektronische ISSN: 1572-9710
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-024-02964-0

Connectivity at risk: a critical scenario for the endangered Baird’s tapir and the vulnerable white-lipped peccary in the Maya Forest

Original Research

Early signals of climate change impacts on alpine plant diversity in Indian Himalaya

Original Research

Recovery of the Giant South American River Turtle in four decades of a network-based conservation program in the Brazilian Amazon

Original Research

Marine genetic resources as common heritage of mankind under the BBNJ Agreement; the international community toward a pragmatic benefit-sharing approach?

Open Access
Original Research

Plasma chemistry and hematology of Eastern Mediterranean Sea green turtles undergoing rehabilitation

Open Access
Original Research

Asexuality and species invasion

Review Paper

Springer Professional

Abstract

Bitte loggen Sie sich ein, um Zugang zu Ihrer Lizenz zu erhalten.

Sie haben noch keine Lizenz? Dann Informieren Sie sich jetzt über unsere Produkte:

Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"

Springer Professional "Technik"

Connectivity at risk: a critical scenario for the endangered Baird’s tapir and the vulnerable white-lipped peccary in the Maya Forest

Early signals of climate change impacts on alpine plant diversity in Indian Himalaya

Recovery of the Giant South American River Turtle in four decades of a network-based conservation program in the Brazilian Amazon

Marine genetic resources as common heritage of mankind under the BBNJ Agreement; the international community toward a pragmatic benefit-sharing approach?

Plasma chemistry and hematology of Eastern Mediterranean Sea green turtles undergoing rehabilitation

Asexuality and species invasion