Analysis Of Invasive Flora In Cemetery Territories Of The City Of Daugavpils

Rutkovska, Santa; Pučka, Irēna; Novicka, Ingūna

doi:10.17770/etr2011vol2.1001

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“…1b). Our findings agree with results presented in the literature (Laiviņš & Jermacāne, 2000;Gudžinskas, 2005;Bowdler et al, 2007;Rutkovska et al, 2011) showing that cemeteries are important donor territories of alien species, e.g. of Amelanchier spicata (Lam.)…”

Section: Factors Affecting the Distribution Of Alien Species Along Rasupporting

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The role of railway lines in the distribution of alien plant species in the territory of Daugavpils City (Latvia)

Rutkovska¹,

Pučka²,

Evarts-Bunders³

et al. 2013

Estonian J. Ecol.

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The study was performed based on an inventory of alien flora in Daugavpils City. During the field studies all the alien species were recorded applying a regular grid consisting of 344 quadrats of 500 m × 500 m. Data of the 84 quadrats that cover all railway lines in the city were analysed to identify relationships between the distribution of alien plants and the location of railway lines. First the obtained data were compared with the first flora inventory in the city, which was conducted from 1975 to 1983. Comparison of data of the previous inventory and those obtained by us showed that the number of the recorded alien taxa along railways differed: 95 and 38 taxa, respectively. Secondly, some factors affecting the distribution of alien species along railway lines were analysed. Obtained results indicate that the highest concentrations of alien plants occurred in areas where railways are crossing or are located close to the adjacent cultivated and abandoned allotments, areas of private houses or cemeteries. Railway management measures such as topsoil disturbance and application of herbicides were found to be important human-induced factors affecting the distribution of annual alien taxa. The results of geospatial and statistical analyses demonstrated that the geographical distribution of alien species in general did not coincide with railway lines. However, the distribution of three species, i.e. Dracocephalum thymiflorum, Erysimum durum, and Lappula squarrosa, was associated only with railway lines, demonstrating the importance of railway infrastructure elements for the expansion of these species.

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Section: Factors Affecting the Distribution Of Alien Species Along Rasupporting

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The role of railway lines in the distribution of alien plant species in the territory of Daugavpils City (Latvia)

Rutkovska¹,

Pučka²,

Evarts-Bunders³

et al. 2013

Estonian J. Ecol.

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“…Other historical sites with protection status such as archeological parks and historical gardens function also as refuge for biodiversity (Ceschin et al, 2012;Tan et al, 2010;Capotorti et al, 2013;Caneva et al, 2018;Heneidy et al, 2022). Some surveys found that urban cemeteries did indeed have a higher number of plant species than similar sized parks or urban brownfields (Graf 1986), although others revealed a high proportion of non-native (Nowinska et al, 2020;Quinton et al, 2020;Walusiak and Krzton 2021) and also invasive plant species, which mainly entered from grave or hedge greeneries (Rutkovska et al, 2011) and could also spread to the surroundings (Walusiak and Krzton 2021). Horticultural history and the use of ornamentals for landscaping are widely recognized as driving the spread of exotic species from parks and gardens to neighboring land uses (Kowarik 2005;Butenschön and Säumel 2011), as nonnative species regularly introduced as ornamentals can escape within cemeteries and to surroundings (Nowinska et al, 2020).…”

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Gardens of life: Multifunctional and ecosystem services of urban cemeteries in Central Europe and beyond—Historical, structural, planning, nature and heritage conservation aspects

Säumel

Butenschön

Kreibig

2023

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Cemeteries are often seen as monofunctional spaces for burial and mourning and, within the dynamically changing urban fabric, as a planning conundrum. Long periods of stability have also turned these untouched and hidden places into refugia for nature and wildlife. In booming and dense cities with high land use pressures and housing shortages, in particular, as the amount of burial ground needed per citizen decreases and burial cultures change, the cemetery has become a contested nature, as a simultaneous space of emotion, commerce and community. We revisited the diversity and ontogenesis of cemeteries, and the interactions with neighboring uses of the urban matrix. Our review demonstrates a wide range of different ecosystem services of urban cemeteries, beyond potential as hotspots of culture and biodiversity. We highlight their multifunctional character and the need for a holistic and trans-disciplinary evaluation using multistakeholder approaches to further develop cemeteries as a crucial element of sustainable urban landscapes.

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“…Compared to Western European countries, few studies on invasive plant species have been conducted in Latvia during the recent decades. A few publications are based on herbarium data, while others merely studied the distribution of species (Cepurīte 2002;Priede 2008a, b, c;Rutkovska et al 2009Rutkovska et al , 2011aRutkovska et al , b, 2013Rutkovska et al , 2017Gavrilova et al 2011;Evarts-Bunders et al 2012, 2016a. A number of studies have been conducted on Reynoutria japonica Houtt.…”

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Development and approbation of methodology for monitoring invasive plant species: the Case of Latvia

Evarts-Bunders¹,

Evarte-Bundere²

2020

TJB

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Categorisation of invasive alien species based on their impact is an important way to improve the management of biological invasions. The impact of 35 alien plant species in Latvia was evaluated based on information in the literature and certain studies of their environmental and socioeconomic impacts. As a result, 15 priority monitorable species, or the Black List, have been evaluated, for which seven of the nine criteria set were met. The other 20 invasive plant species make up the list of monitorable invasive plants, or the Grey List. The list and methodology developed during the study were approbated in the vegetation season of 2016 in 16 randomly selected monitoring quadrates, which were further stratified according to geobotanical regions of Latvia, which is proportionally 1,57% from all 1017 quadrates of Latvia. In total, 34 alien species were identified during approbation of methodology as showing signs of invasiveness: 10 from Black List, 10 from Gray List and 14 other invasive species, not included in the monitorable species list of developed monitoring methodology. In general, half of the species found during approbation of the methodology are trees and shrubs that were deliberately imported into Latvia in the past to be used in landscape gardening. A large proportion (41%) of the invasive species encountered come from North America. The most commonly encountered invasive species are Elodea canadensis Michx., Impatiens parviflora DC. and Solidago canadensis L. The data obtained through the field approbation show that the areas rich in invasive species are covered by forests and transit corridors, but the areas where no invasive species have been detected are transition mires and raised bogs as well as intensively managed farmland. Following the developed methodology, it was concluded that 50% of the quadrates to be monitored should be randomly selected while maintaining the principle of geobotanical regions, while the other 50% should be selected in previously known invasive plant populations.

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Analysis Of Invasive Flora In Cemetery Territories Of The City Of Daugavpils

Cited by 6 publications

References 3 publications

The role of railway lines in the distribution of alien plant species in the territory of Daugavpils City (Latvia)

The role of railway lines in the distribution of alien plant species in the territory of Daugavpils City (Latvia)

Gardens of life: Multifunctional and ecosystem services of urban cemeteries in Central Europe and beyond—Historical, structural, planning, nature and heritage conservation aspects

Development and approbation of methodology for monitoring invasive plant species: the Case of Latvia

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