Cross-taxon relationships in Mediterranean urban ecosystem: A case study from the city of Trieste

Urbanization directly and indirectly impacts biodiversity to the extent that it is considered one of the main causes of biotic homogenization and extinction. However, urban green areas can act as reservoir of biodiversity, and knowledge regarding species distribution in such contexts is crucial to d...

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Autores principales:	Laura Zara, Enrico Tordoni, Silvia Castro-Delgado, Andrea Colla, Simona Maccherini, Michela Marignani, Francesco Panepinto, Michele Trittoni, Giovanni Bacaro
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Publicado:	Elsevier 2021
Materias:	Ants Beetles Carabids Congruence Mantel Test Vascular Plants Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:c7bc65af62934ad4b670336bc947e8d12021-12-01T04:47:55ZCross-taxon relationships in Mediterranean urban ecosystem: A case study from the city of Trieste1470-160X10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107538https://doaj.org/article/c7bc65af62934ad4b670336bc947e8d12021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X2100203Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/1470-160XUrbanization directly and indirectly impacts biodiversity to the extent that it is considered one of the main causes of biotic homogenization and extinction. However, urban green areas can act as reservoir of biodiversity, and knowledge regarding species distribution in such contexts is crucial to define appropriate conservation and management strategies. Since inventories of species are generally time-consuming and costly, a commonly used approach consists in the use of surrogate species. However, studies investigating the effectiveness of surrogate species in urban environments still seem to be under-represented. In this research, we investigated the biodiversity of ants, plants, and carabid beetles in six different green areas within the urban area of the city of Trieste. The role of vascular plants as a potential surrogate for the diversity of ants and carabid beetles has been tested, investigating the influence of the environmental variables (dead wood, litter, anthropic disturbance, bare soil, bedrocks and rocks) on these relationships. Patterns of species richness and complementarity were compared among the sampled sites and their correlations were tested with Mantel tests and Co-Correspondence Analysis (Co-CA). Results pointed out that even disturbed and isolated sites within the urbanised matrix can sustain a high diversity of species of ants, carabids and plants, while in the semi-natural sites intermediate diversity levels were found. Plants were found to correlate directly with the diversity of ants; on the contrary, carabid species composition resulted only indirectly influenced by vascular plants, confirming the key role of abiotic variables in determining carabid diversity. Co-CA showed a clear distinction between forested and semi-natural environments and more open and disturbed environments. Furthermore, the Co-CA highlighted that the considered environmental variables (particularly dead wood, anthropic disturbance, rocks and litter) can significantly influence the distribution of analyzed taxa. Our results highlight the important role of urban green areas within the urban matrix as source of biodiversity and, furthermore, once more, support the role of vascular plants as meaningful surrogate for the diversity of ants and carabids.Laura ZaraEnrico TordoniSilvia Castro-DelgadoAndrea CollaSimona MaccheriniMichela MarignaniFrancesco PanepintoMichele TrittoniGiovanni BacaroElsevierarticleAntsBeetlesCarabidsCongruenceMantel TestVascular PlantsEcologyQH540-549.5ENEcological Indicators, Vol 125, Iss , Pp 107538- (2021)
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topic	Ants Beetles Carabids Congruence Mantel Test Vascular Plants Ecology QH540-549.5
spellingShingle	Ants Beetles Carabids Congruence Mantel Test Vascular Plants Ecology QH540-549.5 Laura Zara Enrico Tordoni Silvia Castro-Delgado Andrea Colla Simona Maccherini Michela Marignani Francesco Panepinto Michele Trittoni Giovanni Bacaro Cross-taxon relationships in Mediterranean urban ecosystem: A case study from the city of Trieste
description	Urbanization directly and indirectly impacts biodiversity to the extent that it is considered one of the main causes of biotic homogenization and extinction. However, urban green areas can act as reservoir of biodiversity, and knowledge regarding species distribution in such contexts is crucial to define appropriate conservation and management strategies. Since inventories of species are generally time-consuming and costly, a commonly used approach consists in the use of surrogate species. However, studies investigating the effectiveness of surrogate species in urban environments still seem to be under-represented. In this research, we investigated the biodiversity of ants, plants, and carabid beetles in six different green areas within the urban area of the city of Trieste. The role of vascular plants as a potential surrogate for the diversity of ants and carabid beetles has been tested, investigating the influence of the environmental variables (dead wood, litter, anthropic disturbance, bare soil, bedrocks and rocks) on these relationships. Patterns of species richness and complementarity were compared among the sampled sites and their correlations were tested with Mantel tests and Co-Correspondence Analysis (Co-CA). Results pointed out that even disturbed and isolated sites within the urbanised matrix can sustain a high diversity of species of ants, carabids and plants, while in the semi-natural sites intermediate diversity levels were found. Plants were found to correlate directly with the diversity of ants; on the contrary, carabid species composition resulted only indirectly influenced by vascular plants, confirming the key role of abiotic variables in determining carabid diversity. Co-CA showed a clear distinction between forested and semi-natural environments and more open and disturbed environments. Furthermore, the Co-CA highlighted that the considered environmental variables (particularly dead wood, anthropic disturbance, rocks and litter) can significantly influence the distribution of analyzed taxa. Our results highlight the important role of urban green areas within the urban matrix as source of biodiversity and, furthermore, once more, support the role of vascular plants as meaningful surrogate for the diversity of ants and carabids.
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author	Laura Zara Enrico Tordoni Silvia Castro-Delgado Andrea Colla Simona Maccherini Michela Marignani Francesco Panepinto Michele Trittoni Giovanni Bacaro
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title	Cross-taxon relationships in Mediterranean urban ecosystem: A case study from the city of Trieste
title_short	Cross-taxon relationships in Mediterranean urban ecosystem: A case study from the city of Trieste
title_full	Cross-taxon relationships in Mediterranean urban ecosystem: A case study from the city of Trieste
title_fullStr	Cross-taxon relationships in Mediterranean urban ecosystem: A case study from the city of Trieste
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title_sort	cross-taxon relationships in mediterranean urban ecosystem: a case study from the city of trieste
publisher	Elsevier
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Cross-taxon relationships in Mediterranean urban ecosystem: A case study from the city of Trieste

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