Homogenization of plant diversity, composition, and structure in North American urban yards:

William D. Pearse; Jeannine Cavender-Bares; Sarah E. Hobbie; Meghan L. Avolio; Neil Bettez; Rinku Roy Chowdhury; Lindsay E. Darling; Peter M. Groffman; J. Morgan Grove; Sharon Hall; James B. Heffernan; Jennifer Learned; Christopher Neill; Kristen C. Nelson; Diane E. Pataki; Benjamin L. Ruddell; Meredith K. Steele; Tara L.E. Trammell

doi:10.1002/ecs2.2105

Homogenization of plant diversity, composition, and structure in North American urban yards:

William D. Pearse, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Sarah E. Hobbie, Meghan L. Avolio, Neil Bettez, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Lindsay E. Darling, Peter M. Groffman, J. Morgan Grove, Sharon Hall, James B. Heffernan, Jennifer Learned, Christopher Neill, Kristen C. Nelson, Diane E. Pataki, Benjamin L. Ruddell, Meredith K. Steele, Tara L.E. Trammell

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Urban ecosystems are widely hypothesized to be more ecologically homogeneous than natural ecosystems. We argue that urban plant communities assemble from a complex mix of horticultural and regional species pools, and evaluate the homogenization hypothesis by comparing cultivated and spontaneously occurring urban vegetation to natural area vegetation across seven major U.S. cities. There was limited support for homogenization of urban diversity, as the cultivated and spontaneous yard flora had greater numbers of species than natural areas, and cultivated phylogenetic diversity was also greater. However, urban yards showed evidence of homogenization of composition and structure. Yards were compositionally more similar across regions than were natural areas, and tree density was less variable in yards than in comparable natural areas. This homogenization of biodiversity likely reflects similar horticultural source pools, homeowner preferences, and management practices across U.S. cities.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e02105
Journal	Ecosphere
Volume	9
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2105
State	Published - Feb 2018

Keywords

aridity
ecosystem services
functional traits
phylogenetic diversity
plants
urban ecology

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ecology

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Pearse, W. D., Cavender-Bares, J., Hobbie, S. E., Avolio, M. L., Bettez, N., Roy Chowdhury, R., Darling, L. E., Groffman, P. M., Grove, J. M., Hall, S., Heffernan, J. B., Learned, J., Neill, C., Nelson, K. C., Pataki, D. E., Ruddell, B. L., Steele, M. K., & Trammell, T. L. E. (2018). Homogenization of plant diversity, composition, and structure in North American urban yards: Ecosphere, 9(2), Article e02105. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2105

Pearse, WD, Cavender-Bares, J, Hobbie, SE, Avolio, ML, Bettez, N, Roy Chowdhury, R, Darling, LE, Groffman, PM, Grove, JM, Hall, S, Heffernan, JB, Learned, J, Neill, C, Nelson, KC, Pataki, DE, Ruddell, BL, Steele, MK & Trammell, TLE 2018, 'Homogenization of plant diversity, composition, and structure in North American urban yards:', Ecosphere, vol. 9, no. 2, e02105. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2105

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