Assessing the performance of a citizen science project for monitoring urban woody plant species diversity in China

Yang, Jun; Xing, Danqi; Luo, Xiangyu

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127001

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“…birdreport.cn (accessed on 7 June 2023)), Plant Science Data Center (https://www.plantplus. cn (accessed on 7 June 2023)), and the AiPlant smartphone app have been widely used in China [123][124][125][126]. However, there is still a large gap in citizen science for insect monitoring.…”

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“…Although citizen science in China has only started in recent years, a good start has been made in bird and plant monitoring. The China Birdwatching Record Centre (https://www.birdreport.cn (accessed on 7 June 2023)), Plant Science Data Center (https://www.plantplus.cn (accessed on 7 June 2023)), and the AiPlant smartphone app have been widely used in China [123][124][125][126]. However, there is still a large gap in citizen science for insect monitoring.…”

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Butterfly Diversity in a Rapidly Developing Urban Area: A Case Study on a University Campus

Fang,

Li,

Pan

et al. 2023

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University campuses, as small and isolated areas of rapidly growing urban areas, can provide a unique opportunity for urban biodiversity research, conservation, education, and citizen science by monitoring assemblages of butterflies within their areas. We surveyed butterfly biodiversity in a rapidly developing urban area represented by the Chenggong Campus of Yunnan University in southwestern China using the Pollard walk method. In total, 3625 butterfly individuals belonging to 50 species, 35 genera, and six families were recorded in this survey. The results showed that the families Pieridae and Nymphalidae are the families with the highest species richness on the campus, and that the family Riodinidae contained the fewest species. Pieris rapae was the most common species, and seven species assessed by the IUCN Red List were recorded. Butterfly community structure varied across habitats and seasons on campus, and butterfly diversity was higher in spring and autumn than it was in summer and winter, as well as being higher in road habitats than in scenic habitats. Unavoidable urbanisation activities (construction, green space planning, etc.) may have influenced the composition and diversity of butterflies, and conserving urban butterfly diversity requires a balance between urban planning and habitat diversity. Finally, we encourage universities and research institutions to develop butterfly monitoring platforms for citizen scientists to participate in.

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Section: Citizen Science and Butterfly Biodiversitymentioning

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Butterfly Diversity in a Rapidly Developing Urban Area: A Case Study on a University Campus

Fang,

Li,

Pan

et al. 2023

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“…In addition, the sustainability of the forest ecosystem and biodiversity must also be considered when selecting and configuring tree species to improve the visual aesthetic quality of urban slope forest 10 , 16 . However, the number of existing urban green tree species in China is still small 56 and includes many exotic ornamental species 10 , 16 . These species may be beautiful but are not necessarily suitable for large-scale planting in urban slope forests because they may not be adapted to local ecologically climatic conditions or require costly maintenance and management 57 , 58 .…”

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Implementation of the visual aesthetic quality of slope forest autumn color change into the configuration of tree species

Lin

Diao

et al. 2022

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Urban expansion leads to changes in the visual aesthetic quality and ecological degradation of the surrounding slope forest landscapes. Color is a crucial visual element to examine when viewing this large-scale slope forest landscape from a long distance. This is particularly true for the autumn color of slope forest, which is very attractive to the public. An exploration of the relationship between the change in color of a natural slope forest and its visual aesthetic quality enables the implementation of the configuration of superior aesthetic tree species. Therefore, it can provide aesthetic rules and a reference to configure local tree species to support their visual aesthetic quality, ecological sustainability and native biodiversity restoration in a local urban slope forest. However, such research is critically lacking. This study investigated the visual aesthetic quality of the color dynamics of a natural slope forest in Jiaozi Mountain, China in the autumn. We analyzed both the composition of tree species and the changes in color for each species of tree in nine forest sites that exhibited superior visual aesthetic quality. The results showed that the forests with superior visual aesthetic quality were more green, red, and yellow, had moderately higher saturation and value, more obvious color contrast, and diverse colors with primary and secondary contrast. Diverse and balanced color patches or a dominant color patch contrasted by many small patches with interspersed color components also highlighted the superior visual aesthetic quality of slope forest features. Different combinations of color features can result in high visual aesthetic quality. The 84 tree species in the superior visual aesthetic quality forests primarily displayed 10 types of color changes that varied as green, yellow, blue, red, withered yellow, withered red and gray.

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Understanding and improving nature-related educational ecosystem services in urban green spaces: Evidence from app-aided plant identification spatial-hotspots

Shi

Yang

Wang

et al. 2023

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Assessing the performance of a citizen science project for monitoring urban woody plant species diversity in China

Cited by 5 publications

References 42 publications

Butterfly Diversity in a Rapidly Developing Urban Area: A Case Study on a University Campus

Butterfly Diversity in a Rapidly Developing Urban Area: A Case Study on a University Campus

Implementation of the visual aesthetic quality of slope forest autumn color change into the configuration of tree species

Understanding and improving nature-related educational ecosystem services in urban green spaces: Evidence from app-aided plant identification spatial-hotspots

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