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Published in: Environmental Management 1/2017

07-10-2016

Residential Knowledge of Native Tree Species: A Case Study of Residents in Four Southern Ontario Municipalities

Authors: Andrew D. Almas, Tenley M. Conway

Published in: Environmental Management | Issue 1/2017

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Abstract

In the past decade, municipalities across North America have increased investment in their urban forests in an effort to maintain and enhance the numerous benefits provided by them. Some municipalities have now drafted long-term urban forest management plans that emphasize the planting of native trees, to improve ecological integrity, and participation of residents, since the majority of urban trees are typically located on residential property. Yet it is unclear if residents are familiar with native trees or municipalities’ urban forest management goals. Through a case study of southern Ontario municipalities, we administered a survey exploring residents’ ability to correctly label common tree species as native or non-native, as well as their knowledge of urban forest management plans to test four hypotheses: 1) residents in municipalities with an urban forest management plans will be more knowledgeable about the native status of common street trees; 2) residents who have lived in the area longer will have greater knowledge; 3) knowledge level will be correlated with education level, ethnicity, and income; and 4) residents’ knowledge will be related to having planted trees on their property. Our results indicate that residents are better able to identify common native trees than correctly determine which trees are non-native, although knowledge levels are generally low. Knowledge was significantly related to length of residency and tree planting experience, supporting hypotheses 2 and 4. These results highlight the importance of experience and local knowledge acquisition in relation to basic knowledge about urban trees, and also point to the failures of resident outreach within the case study municipalities.

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Metadata
Title
Residential Knowledge of Native Tree Species: A Case Study of Residents in Four Southern Ontario Municipalities
Authors
Andrew D. Almas
Tenley M. Conway
Publication date
07-10-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Environmental Management / Issue 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0364-152X
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1009
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-016-0772-5

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