Gardener demographics, experience, and motivations drive differences in plant species richness and composition in urban gardens

Urban agriculture has received considerable attention for its role in supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services, and health and well-being for growing urban populations. Urban gardens managed with agroecological practices and higher plant diversity support more biodiversity and may support high...

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Autores principales:	Stacy M. Philpott, Monika H. Egerer, Peter Bichier, Hamutahl Cohen, Roseann Cohen, Heidi Liere, Shalene Jha, Brenda B. Lin
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Publicado:	Resilience Alliance 2020
Materias:	age agriculture biodiversity california food access gender Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:54f8a3ebcdea497e8fb6af68c75aeb7f2021-12-02T18:04:53ZGardener demographics, experience, and motivations drive differences in plant species richness and composition in urban gardens1708-308710.5751/ES-11666-250408https://doaj.org/article/54f8a3ebcdea497e8fb6af68c75aeb7f2020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol25/iss4/art8/https://doaj.org/toc/1708-3087Urban agriculture has received considerable attention for its role in supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services, and health and well-being for growing urban populations. Urban gardens managed with agroecological practices and higher plant diversity support more biodiversity and may support higher crop production. Plant selection in gardens is a function of temperature and environmental conditions and also depends on gardener socio-demographic characteristics, motivations for gardening, and gardening experience. In this study, we examined how plant richness and composition vary with gardener socio-demographic factors, gardening experience and garden use, and gardener motivations. We focused on the socio-demographic factors of age, gender, education, and region of national origin, used information on years spent gardening and hours spent in gardens as a proxy for gardening experience, and collected information on motivations, as well as crop and ornamental plants grown by individual gardeners. We found that gender, region of origin, time spent gardening, and gardener motivations all influenced plant richness or composition. Specifically, women plant more plant species than men, especially of ornamental plants, and individual gardeners motivated by nature connection tend to plant strongly different plant compositions in their gardens. We also found that region of national origin strongly influences crop composition. In contrast to previous studies, we did not find that gardeners more motivated by food grow a higher proportion of or more crop species compared with ornamentals. Thus we show that multiple socio-demographic characteristics and motivations influence garden plant communities, and thus assuring access to gardens for all groups may boost plant richness and support ecosystem services in gardens.Stacy M. PhilpottMonika H. EgererPeter BichierHamutahl CohenRoseann CohenHeidi LiereShalene JhaBrenda B. LinResilience Alliancearticleageagriculturebiodiversitycaliforniafood accessgenderBiology (General)QH301-705.5EcologyQH540-549.5ENEcology and Society, Vol 25, Iss 4, p 8 (2020)
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topic	age agriculture biodiversity california food access gender Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	age agriculture biodiversity california food access gender Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 Stacy M. Philpott Monika H. Egerer Peter Bichier Hamutahl Cohen Roseann Cohen Heidi Liere Shalene Jha Brenda B. Lin Gardener demographics, experience, and motivations drive differences in plant species richness and composition in urban gardens
description	Urban agriculture has received considerable attention for its role in supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services, and health and well-being for growing urban populations. Urban gardens managed with agroecological practices and higher plant diversity support more biodiversity and may support higher crop production. Plant selection in gardens is a function of temperature and environmental conditions and also depends on gardener socio-demographic characteristics, motivations for gardening, and gardening experience. In this study, we examined how plant richness and composition vary with gardener socio-demographic factors, gardening experience and garden use, and gardener motivations. We focused on the socio-demographic factors of age, gender, education, and region of national origin, used information on years spent gardening and hours spent in gardens as a proxy for gardening experience, and collected information on motivations, as well as crop and ornamental plants grown by individual gardeners. We found that gender, region of origin, time spent gardening, and gardener motivations all influenced plant richness or composition. Specifically, women plant more plant species than men, especially of ornamental plants, and individual gardeners motivated by nature connection tend to plant strongly different plant compositions in their gardens. We also found that region of national origin strongly influences crop composition. In contrast to previous studies, we did not find that gardeners more motivated by food grow a higher proportion of or more crop species compared with ornamentals. Thus we show that multiple socio-demographic characteristics and motivations influence garden plant communities, and thus assuring access to gardens for all groups may boost plant richness and support ecosystem services in gardens.
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author	Stacy M. Philpott Monika H. Egerer Peter Bichier Hamutahl Cohen Roseann Cohen Heidi Liere Shalene Jha Brenda B. Lin
author_facet	Stacy M. Philpott Monika H. Egerer Peter Bichier Hamutahl Cohen Roseann Cohen Heidi Liere Shalene Jha Brenda B. Lin
author_sort	Stacy M. Philpott
title	Gardener demographics, experience, and motivations drive differences in plant species richness and composition in urban gardens
title_short	Gardener demographics, experience, and motivations drive differences in plant species richness and composition in urban gardens
title_full	Gardener demographics, experience, and motivations drive differences in plant species richness and composition in urban gardens
title_fullStr	Gardener demographics, experience, and motivations drive differences in plant species richness and composition in urban gardens
title_full_unstemmed	Gardener demographics, experience, and motivations drive differences in plant species richness and composition in urban gardens
title_sort	gardener demographics, experience, and motivations drive differences in plant species richness and composition in urban gardens
publisher	Resilience Alliance
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/54f8a3ebcdea497e8fb6af68c75aeb7f
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Gardener demographics, experience, and motivations drive differences in plant species richness and composition in urban gardens

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