Proximity to source populations and untidy gardens predict occurrence of a small lizard in an urban area

Heezik, Yolanda van; Ludwig, Karin

doi:10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.10.016

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“…Perhaps urban dugites lack feeding innovations because native food is abundant for urban dugites, while there is also an abundance of synanthropic species associated with farming in non-urban locations. Some Australasian reptile species such as the blue-tongue lizard Tiliqua scincoides ( Koenig et al 2001 ) and the common skink Oligosoma nigriplantare polychroma ( van Heezik and Ludwig 2012 ) use household gardens for food, water, and avoidance of predators, and most of the urban dugite prey species we identified are both common in gardens/urban remnants and less urbanized parts of Western Australia. Perhaps the definitions of urban adaptation are not suited for ectothermic vertebrates, or dugites fit into another category: “urban oblivious”, usually a term used for cryptic generalists, usually ignored by humans ( Grant et al 2011 ).…”

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Does urbanization influence the diet of a large snake?

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Urbanization facilitates synanthropic species such as rodents, which benefit the diets of many predators in cities. We investigated how urbanization affects the feeding ecology of dugites Pseudonaja affinis, a common elapid snake in south-west Western Australia. We predicted that urban snakes: 1) more frequently contain prey and eat larger meals, 2) eat proportionally more non-native prey, 3) eat a lower diversity of prey species, and 4) are relatively heavier, than non-urban dugites. We analyzed the diet of 453 specimens obtained from the Western Australian Museum and opportunistic road-kill collections. Correcting for size, sex, season, and temporal biases, we tested whether location influenced diet for our 4 predictions. Body size was a strong predictor of diet (larger snakes had larger prey present, a greater number of prey items, and a greater diversity of prey). We identified potential collection biases: urban dugites were relatively smaller (snout-vent length) than non-urban specimens, and females were relatively lighter than males. Accounting for these effects, urban snakes were less likely to have prey present in their stomachs and were relatively lighter than non-urban snakes. Other urban-adapted carnivores appear to benefit from urbanization through increased food supplementation, but we found the opposite of this: urban dugites were less likely to contain a meal, and their meals were smaller, indicating they did not make greater use of synanthropic species than was evident for non-urban snakes. In contrast to other carnivores, snakes do not appear to fit a consistent directional pattern for size differences between urban and non-urban populations.

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“…Igualmente, la conservación dentro del hábitat -o condición in situ-forma parte del quehacer de algunos jardines botánicos. Sin embargo, aquellos que poseen colecciones in situ en áreas fragmentadas pueden presentar problemas en materia de viabilidad de las especies en el largo plazo de no establecerse conectividades regionales que permitan el intercambio de especies, a pesar de su importancia como refugios para la conservación de especies de flora y fauna, [31,32]. En un estudio realizado en un área fragmentada de 1 ha de bosque húmedo tropical en el jardín botánico de Singapur se estableció que, si bien estas áreas actúan como refugios después del aislamiento, aún por décadas, no son garantías de viabilidad a largo plaz, debido a la ausencia de conectividades con el entorno regional que sean fuente de propágulos para el área aislada [31].…”

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Diseño de un Jardín Botánico Universitario en áreas de piedemonte llanero: Campus Loma Linda, Universidad Santo Tomas, Villavicencio

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Los jardines botánicos han evolucionado hasta convertirse en entornos de conservación de la biodiversidad; su evolución refleja no solo los cambios en los propósitos y deseos de conservación de culturas locales, sino también aquellos en los aportes conceptuales, metodológicos y técnicos de diversas disciplinas del conocimiento (incluidos los cambios de percepción en la manera de apreciar los entornos naturales). Los jardines botánicos universitarios suelen asociarse con fragmentos de vegetación natural de diversos tamaños, en diferentes etapas de sucesión ecológica y dentro del contexto de ecorregiones o zonas de vida específicas; también se vinculan con el mantenimiento de especies nativas, y el desarrollo de actividades de educación, investigación y sensibilización ambiental. Este artículo es producto de una investigación realizada en la Universidad Santo Tomás, Sede Villavicencio, (Meta, Colombia), que tuvo por objeto evaluar la viabilidad ecológica y técnica del establecimiento de un área de jardín botánico en dicha institución: se pretende compartir las reflexiones realizadas en torno a la importancia, los retos y principales impactos de los jardines botánicos como estrategias para conservación de biodiversidad, así como ilustrar los propósitos de planificación y lineamientos de diseño de un jardín botánico universitario en la zona de piedemonte llanero.

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“…For example, green spaces that have a diversity of native plants often benefit wildlife by providing habitat in cities (Marzluff and Rodewald, 2008;Niemelä et al, 2010); meanwhile, these features can also benefit people through aesthetic appreciation and other positive outcomes for human well-being (Casalegno et al, 2013;Hernández-Morcillo et al, 2013;Fish et al, 2016). However, certain types of UEI that provide habitat can also be perceived as messy and unkempt (van Heezik and Ludwig, 2012). These UEI might elicit negative responses by urban residents because of an association with pest or nuisance species (Lyytimäki et al, 2008;Maruthaveeran and van den Bosh, 2015).…”

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Influences of Environmental and Social Factors on Perceived Bio-Cultural Services and Disservices

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Although the value of urban ecological infrastructure (UEI) is widely recognized, insufficient research has investigated how people perceive the wide variety of UEI. To address this gap, we investigated residents' perceptions of the coupled value of aesthetic and biological qualities as related to diverse UEI and other environmental and social factors (including personal beliefs and demographics), collectively referred to as bio-cultural services and disservices. We evaluated whether people positively view their neighborhood environments as natural-looking while providing diverse plants and wildlife habitat (services), in contrast to negatively perceived disservices that we evaluated as messy-looking with weeds and pests (disservices). We analyzed survey data from residents (n = 495) in metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, United States, coupled with environmental variables (UEI and vegetative cover) compiled from diverse sources. We ran three regression models to compare the relative influence of social and environmental factors independently and combined on the perception of biocultural services and disservices. Our results demonstrate the influence of social factors, particularly place identity, neighborhood cohesion, and income, on both biocultural services and disservices. Additionally, environmental factors such as vegetation cover increased perceptions of bio-cultural services while decreasing perceived disservices. The effects of proximity to UEI were more varied. While proximity to cropland increased perceived bio-cultural disservices, proximity to desert parks reduced disservices. Although UEI can promote biodiversity and human well-being, all UEI are not perceived the same. Our results underscore the added value of considering both the form of UEI and perceptions among people who live nearby when designing and implementing infrastructure to promote bio-cultural services that are both ecologically and socially valued.

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Proximity to source populations and untidy gardens predict occurrence of a small lizard in an urban area

Cited by 18 publications

References 34 publications

Does urbanization influence the diet of a large snake?

Does urbanization influence the diet of a large snake?

Diseño de un Jardín Botánico Universitario en áreas de piedemonte llanero: Campus Loma Linda, Universidad Santo Tomas, Villavicencio

Influences of Environmental and Social Factors on Perceived Bio-Cultural Services and Disservices

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