NDLI: Effects of urbanization on herbaceous forest vegetation: the relative impacts of soil, geography, forest composition, human access, and an invasive shrub

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Author	Cameron, Guy N. Culley, Theresa M. Kolbe, Sarah E. Miller, Arld I. Matter, Stephen F.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	We studied how degree of urbanization affected forest-floor herbs in deciduous forest along an urbanization gradient from west to east of Cincinnati, OH. We measured species diversity, richness, and abundance of herbs in 16 30 × 30 m plots at two Urban, two Exurban, and two Wildland sites. Because the invasive shrub Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) negatively affects richness and abundance of native herbs, half of these plots contained honeysuckle, except at the Wildland sites where honeysuckle was absent. We used General Linear Models or Generalized Linear Mixed Models to determine the effect of edaphic, geographic, forest composition, human effects, and honeysuckle variables on herbs and used model comparison techniques to identify those variables that significantly affected herbs. Human effects (e.g., proximity to roads) and geography (e.g., aspect, slope) were the most important factors affecting herb richness and abundance, and geography (e.g., elevation) was the most important factor affecting herb diversity. Honeysuckle (measured as diameter of primary stem) had no effect on diversity or richness of herbs, but positively affected herb abundance. Herb diversity did not vary significantly along the urbanization gradient, but higher herb richness and abundance in Exurban and Wildland sites along the urbanization gradient were associated with higher tree diversity, richness, and abundance, shallower slopes, greater distance to roads, and smaller honeysuckle shrubs.
Starting Page	1051
Ending Page	1069
Page Count	19
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10838155
Journal	Urban Ecosystems
Volume Number	18
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15731642
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-05-17
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) Anthropogenic effects Edaphic Environmental effects Forest composition Understory Urbanization gradient Urban Ecology Environmental Management Ecology Nature Conservation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Urban Studies

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