The role of different urban greenspaces in supporting ecosystem services

Algora, Camelia; Leo, María; Ladrón de Guevara, Mónica; Casado-Coy, Nuria; Aguilar-Santana, E.; Armas, Cristina; Bastida, F.; Bueno, C. Guillermo; Chamizo, Sonia; Felipe Lucía, María; Jiménez, Juan J.; Jiménez Prieto, Beatriz; Lorenzo, Carmen; Pérez-López, Jesús; Plaza-Álvarez, Pedro A.; Rodríguez-Pereiras, Alexandra; Terrones-Contreras, Beatriz; Durán, Jorge; García-Palacios, Pablo; Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel; Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades; Agencia Estatal de Investigación; European Commission; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]

The role of different urban greenspaces in supporting ecosystem services

2024

Póster presentado en el Annual Meeting 2024 of the British Ecological Society, 10 Dec - 13 Dec 2024 Liverpool, UK

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Urban greenspaces are critical to support soil biodiversity and multiple ecosystem services. Yet, these greenspaces are heterogeneous, and we know little about how different types of urban greenspaces influence ecosystem services or biodiversity. Here, we surveyed soil and plant biodiversity and ecosystem services at four urban land-uses including city parks, vegetable gardens, golf courts, greenspaces at roundabouts, plus nearby natural ecosystems. Our survey is across 51 cities of the Iberian Peninsula with contrasting climates. The urban greenspace type impacted key soil services such as organic matter decomposition, carbon stocks, plant-macro- and micro-nutrients in the soil, and plant richness. Among land-uses, golf courts were distinct for some services. Precipitation was a key climatic factor interacting with the type of urban greenspace to determine service provision. Our work provides new insights on how contrasting types of urban ecosystem support ecosystem services in a context of climatic change and continuous urban population growth.

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