The designation of a historical site to maintain plant diversity in the Tokyo metropolitan region

Uchida, Keiji; Karakida, Kodai; Iwachido, Yuki; Mori, Tsukasa; Okuro, Toshiya

doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2023.127919

Urban Forestry & Urban Greening

2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2023.127919

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The designation of a historical site to maintain plant diversity in the Tokyo metropolitan region

Keiji Uchida

Kodai Karakida

Yuki Iwachido

et al.

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Urbanization alters the relative importance of local and landscape factors affecting plant communities in the Tokyo megacity

Iwachido,

Uchida,

Sasaki

2024

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Plant communities are impacted by local factors (related to environmental filtering) and landscape factors (related to dispersal limitation). While many studies have shown that the relative importance of these factors in understanding plant community dynamics due to urbanization, little is known about how they are altered by urbanization—a significant threat to biodiversity. This study evaluates the relative importance of local environmental (local factors), landscape, and spatial (landscape factors) variables that influence plant communities in 34 urban green spaces comprising two different habitats (forests and grasslands) along the urban–rural gradients in the Tokyo megacity, Japan. To continuously assess the relative importance of each factor along the urban–rural gradients, we extracted 1000 landscapes within a certain range that contained several sites. Subsequently, the relative importance of each factor and urbanization rate (proportion of artificial built‐up area) were estimated for each landscape. Our study found that the relative importance of both local and landscape factors decreased, while that of local factor for native species in forest habitats and that of landscape factors for native species in grassland habitats increased. Collectively, these findings suggest that city size and habitat characteristics must be considered when predicting changes in plant communities caused by urbanization.

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Urbanization alters the relative importance of local and landscape factors affecting plant communities in the Tokyo megacity

Iwachido,

Uchida,

Sasaki

2024

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Sacred sites provide urban green spaces that maintain bird diversity in the megacity of Tokyo, Japan

Matsumoto,

Nakajima,

Ito

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Identifying the Authenticity of Plantscapes through Classics: A Case Study of Beijing Suburbs in the Qing Dynasty

Xu,

Zhu,

Chen

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The plantscapes surrounding historical gardens hold significant value, reflecting the natural pristine state as well as demonstrating the cultural attributes of the landscape. This study aims to develop a method for identifying the characteristics of historic plantscapes and to recognize the authenticity of historic landscapes from the perspective of plant elements. Our method combines textual and geospatial data analysis to examine the plant species, their relationships and combinations, and spatial distribution. The case study focuses on the Beijing suburbs during the Qing Dynasty, as documented in A Collection of Past Events in Beijing. We identified 658 plants recorded, encompassing 44 families and 58 genera. These plants were categorized into 7 groups based on the growth type and morphological characteristics, leading to 54 plant relationship outcomes, 107 plant combination scenarios, 5 plant combination categories, and 7 representative plant combinations. Additionally, we mapped the spatial distribution of plants, forming 16 plantscape groups and depicting the spatial kernel density distribution of important plants. We also determined the characteristics of plantscapes in different directions in the suburb. Our findings advocate for respecting the historical development of the plantscape and understanding its evolution, particularly emphasizing the use of high-quality native plants and plant combinations.

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The designation of a historical site to maintain plant diversity in the Tokyo metropolitan region

Cited by 3 publications

References 54 publications

Urbanization alters the relative importance of local and landscape factors affecting plant communities in the Tokyo megacity

Urbanization alters the relative importance of local and landscape factors affecting plant communities in the Tokyo megacity

Sacred sites provide urban green spaces that maintain bird diversity in the megacity of Tokyo, Japan

Identifying the Authenticity of Plantscapes through Classics: A Case Study of Beijing Suburbs in the Qing Dynasty

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