Improving Extensive Green Roofs for Endangered Ground-Nesting Birds
Abstract Cities are considered hotspots of biodiversity due to their high number of habitats such as ruderal areas, wastelands and masonry works hosting peculiar biocoenoses. Urban biodiversity represents a challenging and paradigmatic case for contemporary ecology and nature conservation because a...
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crspringernat:10.1007/978-3-030-75929-2_2 2024-03-10T08:37:44+00:00 Improving Extensive Green Roofs for Endangered Ground-Nesting Birds Baumann, Nathalie Catalano, Chiara Pasta, Salvatore Brenneisen, Stephan 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75929-2_2 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-030-75929-2_2 unknown Springer International Publishing https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Future City Urban Services to Ecosystems page 13-29 ISSN 1876-0899 1876-0880 ISBN 9783030759285 9783030759292 book-chapter 2021 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75929-2_2 2024-02-13T17:58:14Z Abstract Cities are considered hotspots of biodiversity due to their high number of habitats such as ruderal areas, wastelands and masonry works hosting peculiar biocoenoses. Urban biodiversity represents a challenging and paradigmatic case for contemporary ecology and nature conservation because a clear distinction between nature reserves and anthropogenic lands is becoming obsolete. In this context, extensive green roofs may represent suitable habitat for ground-nesting birds and wild plants, providing suitable conditions occur. In this paper, case studies are used to show how existing extensive green roofs can be improved in order to make them function as replacement habitat for endangered ground-nesting birds. The setup of an uneven topography, combined with hay spreading and seed sowing, significantly enhanced the reproductive performance of the northern lapwing ( Vanellus vanellus ), one of the most endangered ground-nesting birds in Switzerland. Book Part Vanellus vanellus Springer Nature 13 29 |
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Abstract Cities are considered hotspots of biodiversity due to their high number of habitats such as ruderal areas, wastelands and masonry works hosting peculiar biocoenoses. Urban biodiversity represents a challenging and paradigmatic case for contemporary ecology and nature conservation because a clear distinction between nature reserves and anthropogenic lands is becoming obsolete. In this context, extensive green roofs may represent suitable habitat for ground-nesting birds and wild plants, providing suitable conditions occur. In this paper, case studies are used to show how existing extensive green roofs can be improved in order to make them function as replacement habitat for endangered ground-nesting birds. The setup of an uneven topography, combined with hay spreading and seed sowing, significantly enhanced the reproductive performance of the northern lapwing ( Vanellus vanellus ), one of the most endangered ground-nesting birds in Switzerland. |
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Baumann, Nathalie Catalano, Chiara Pasta, Salvatore Brenneisen, Stephan Improving Extensive Green Roofs for Endangered Ground-Nesting Birds |
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Baumann, Nathalie Catalano, Chiara Pasta, Salvatore Brenneisen, Stephan |
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Improving Extensive Green Roofs for Endangered Ground-Nesting Birds |
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Improving Extensive Green Roofs for Endangered Ground-Nesting Birds |
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Improving Extensive Green Roofs for Endangered Ground-Nesting Birds |
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Improving Extensive Green Roofs for Endangered Ground-Nesting Birds |
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Improving Extensive Green Roofs for Endangered Ground-Nesting Birds |
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improving extensive green roofs for endangered ground-nesting birds |
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Springer International Publishing |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75929-2_2 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-030-75929-2_2 |
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Future City Urban Services to Ecosystems page 13-29 ISSN 1876-0899 1876-0880 ISBN 9783030759285 9783030759292 |
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