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Butterfly Communities Vary under Different Urbanization Types in City Parks Lin, Ying; Huang, Shanjun; Fang, Wenqiang; Zhao, Yujie; Huang, Ziluo; Zheng, Ruoxian; Huang, Jingkai; Dong, Jiaying; Fu, Weicong

Abstract

Butterflies are key indicators of urban biodiversity and one of the most vulnerable organism groups to environmental changes. Studying how butterflies are distributed and what factors might influence them in urban green spaces is crucial. In this study, from July 2022 to September 2022, we examined and analyzed the butterfly diversity in nine parks in Fuzhou, China, along three different levels of urbanization (urban, peri-urban, and suburban). We investigated how butterfly communities respond to increasing urbanization. The findings revealed that: (1) A total of 427 butterfly individuals from 4 families and 13 species were observed; (2) Shannon diversity, richness, and abundance of the overall butterfly community were lower in the more urbanized parks. Urbanization had significant effects on Shannon diversity (p = 0.003) and abundance (p = 0.007) but no significant effects on the whole butterfly community richness (p = 0.241); (3) non-metric multidimensional scaling revealed that there were differences in the overall number of butterfly species in urban parks among different geographic regions.

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Title
Butterfly Communities Vary under Different Urbanization Types in City Parks
Creator
Lin, Ying; Huang, Shanjun; Fang, Wenqiang; Zhao, Yujie; Huang, Ziluo; Zheng, Ruoxian; Huang, Jingkai; Dong, Jiaying; Fu, Weicong
Contributor
University of British Columbia. Collaborative for Advanced Landscape Planning
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Date Issued
2023-05-26
Description
Butterflies are key indicators of urban biodiversity and one of the most vulnerable organism groups to environmental changes. Studying how butterflies are distributed and what factors might influence them in urban green spaces is crucial. In this study, from July 2022 to September 2022, we examined and analyzed the butterfly diversity in nine parks in Fuzhou, China, along three different levels of urbanization (urban, peri-urban, and suburban). We investigated how butterfly communities respond to increasing urbanization. The findings revealed that: (1) A total of 427 butterfly individuals from 4 families and 13 species were observed; (2) Shannon diversity, richness, and abundance of the overall butterfly community were lower in the more urbanized parks. Urbanization had significant effects on Shannon diversity (p = 0.003) and abundance (p = 0.007) but no significant effects on the whole butterfly community richness (p = 0.241); (3) non-metric multidimensional scaling revealed that there were differences in the overall number of butterfly species in urban parks among different geographic regions.
Subject
biodiversity; urbanization; butterfly distribution; urban parks
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2023-07-27
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
CC BY 4.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0434302
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85330
Affiliation
Forestry, Faculty of; Non UBC; Alumni
Citation
Lin, Y.; Huang, S.; Fang, W.; Zhao, Y.; Huang, Z.; Zheng, R.; Huang, J.; Dong, J.; Fu, W. Butterfly Communities Vary under Different Urbanization Types in City Parks. Animals 2023, 13, 1775.
Publisher DOI
10.3390/ani13111775
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher; Other
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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