NDLI: Local versus landscape spatial influence on biodiversity: a case study across five European industrialized areas

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Author	Pia, E. Isaia, M. Falasco, E. La Morgia, V. Soldato, G. Bona, F.
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	Land use change—mostly habitat loss and fragmentation—has been recognized as one of the major drivers of biodiversity loss worldwide. According to the habitat amount hypothesis, these phenomena are mostly driven by the habitat area effect. As a result, species richness is a function of both the extent of suitable habitats and their availability in the surrounding landscape, irrespective of the dimension and isolation of patches of suitable habitat. In this context, we tested how the extent of natural areas, selected as proxies of suitable habitats for biodiversity, influences species richness in highly anthropogenic landscapes. We defined five circular sampling areas of 5 km radius, including both natural reserves and anthropogenic land uses, centred in five major industrial sites in France, Italy and Germany. We monitored different biodiversity indicators for both terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, including breeding birds, diurnal butterflies, grassland vegetation, odonata, amphibians, aquatic plants and benthic diatoms. We studied the response of the different indicators to the extent of natural land uses in the sampling area (local effect) and in the surrounding landscape (landscape effect), identified as a peripheral ring encircling the sampling area. Results showed a positive response of five out of seven biodiversity indicators, with aquatic plants and odonata responding positively to the local effect, while birds, vegetation and diatoms showed a positive response to the landscape effect. Diatoms also showed a significant combined response to both effects. We conclude that surrounding landscapes act as important biodiversity sources, increasing the local biodiversity in highly anthropogenic contexts.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	12
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01676369
Journal	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Volume Number	189
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15732959
Language	English
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Publisher Date	2017-02-25
Publisher Place	Cham
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Habitat amount hypothesis Biodiversity indicators Land use Species richness Monitoring/Environmental Analysis Environmental Management Ecotoxicology Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution Ecology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Pollution Medicine Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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