Urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem services
Abstract Greenspaces are important for sustaining healthy urban environments and their human populations. Yet their capacity to support multiple ecosystem services simultaneously (multiservices) compared with nearby natural ecosystems remains virtually unknown. We conducted a global field survey in...
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| author | David J. Eldridge Haiying Cui Jingyi Ding Miguel Berdugo Tadeo Sáez-Sandino Jorge Duran Juan Gaitan José L. Blanco-Pastor Alexandra Rodríguez César Plaza Fernando Alfaro Alberto L. Teixido Sebastian Abades Adebola R. Bamigboye Gabriel F. Peñaloza-Bojacá Tine Grebenc Tine U. Nahberger Javier G. Illán Yu-Rong Liu Thulani P. Makhalanyane Ana Rey Christina Siebe Wei Sun Pankaj Trivedi Jay Prakash Verma Ling Wang Jianyong Wang Tianxue Wang Eli Zaady Xiaobing Zhou Xin-Quan Zhou Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo |
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| description | Abstract Greenspaces are important for sustaining healthy urban environments and their human populations. Yet their capacity to support multiple ecosystem services simultaneously (multiservices) compared with nearby natural ecosystems remains virtually unknown. We conducted a global field survey in 56 urban areas to investigate the influence of urban greenspaces on 23 soil and plant attributes and compared them with nearby natural environments. We show that, in general, urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil multiservices, with only six of 23 attributes (available phosphorus, water holding capacity, water respiration, plant cover, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), and arachnid richness) significantly greater in greenspaces, and one (available ammonium) greater in natural areas. Further analyses showed that, although natural areas and urban greenspaces delivered a similar number of services at low (>25% threshold) and moderate (>50%) levels of functioning, natural systems supported significantly more functions at high (>75%) levels of functioning. Management practices (mowing) played an important role in explaining urban ecosystem services, but there were no effects of fertilisation or irrigation. Some services declined with increasing site size, for both greenspaces and natural areas. Our work highlights the fact that urban greenspaces are more similar to natural environments than previously reported and underscores the importance of managing urban greenspaces not only for their social and recreational values, but for supporting multiple ecosystem services on which soils and human well-being depends. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7a88bc54ee3f421b87a4098de0806cb52024-03-17T12:28:09ZengNature Portfolionpj Urban Sustainability2661-80012024-03-01411910.1038/s42949-024-00154-zUrban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem servicesDavid J. Eldridge0Haiying Cui1Jingyi Ding2Miguel Berdugo3Tadeo Sáez-Sandino4Jorge Duran5Juan Gaitan6José L. Blanco-Pastor7Alexandra Rodríguez8César Plaza9Fernando Alfaro10Alberto L. Teixido11Sebastian Abades12Adebola R. Bamigboye13Gabriel F. Peñaloza-Bojacá14Tine Grebenc15Tine U. Nahberger16Javier G. Illán17Yu-Rong Liu18Thulani P. Makhalanyane19Ana Rey20Christina Siebe21Wei Sun22Pankaj Trivedi23Jay Prakash Verma24Ling Wang25Jianyong Wang26Tianxue Wang27Eli Zaady28Xiaobing Zhou29Xin-Quan Zhou30Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo31Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South WalesInstitute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal UniversityState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical ScienceInstitute of Integrative Biology, Department of Environment Systems Science, ETH Zurich, Univeritätstrasse 16Departamento de Sistemas Físicos, Químicos y Naturales, Universidad Pablo de OlavideMisión Biolóxica de Galicia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasCentro de Investigación de Recursos Naturales (CIRN), Instituto de Suelos, Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA)Department of Plant Biology and Ecology, University of SevilleMisión Biolóxica de Galicia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasInstituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasGEMA Center for Genomics, Ecology & Environment, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Universidad MayorDepartamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoGEMA Center for Genomics, Ecology & Environment, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Universidad MayorNatural History Museum (Botany Unit), Obafemi Awolowo UniversityDepartamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisSlovenian Forestry InstituteSlovenian Forestry InstituteDepartment of Entomology, Washington State UniversityCollege of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityDepartment of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, microbiome@UP, University of PretoriaInstituto de Ciencias Agrarias, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasInstituto de Geología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad UniversitariaInstitute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal UniversityDepartment of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State UniversityPlant Microbe Interaction Lab, Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu UniversityInstitute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal UniversityInstitute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal UniversityInstitute of Grassland Science, Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin Songnen Grassland Ecosystem National Observation and Research Station, Northeast Normal UniversityDepartment of Natural Resources, Agricultural Research Organization, Institute of Plant Sciences, Gilat Research Center, Mobile Post NegevState Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of SciencesCollege of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural UniversityLaboratorio de Biodiversidad y Funcionamiento Ecosistémico. Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología de Sevilla (IRNAS), CSIC, Av. Reina Mercedes 10Abstract Greenspaces are important for sustaining healthy urban environments and their human populations. Yet their capacity to support multiple ecosystem services simultaneously (multiservices) compared with nearby natural ecosystems remains virtually unknown. We conducted a global field survey in 56 urban areas to investigate the influence of urban greenspaces on 23 soil and plant attributes and compared them with nearby natural environments. We show that, in general, urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil multiservices, with only six of 23 attributes (available phosphorus, water holding capacity, water respiration, plant cover, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF), and arachnid richness) significantly greater in greenspaces, and one (available ammonium) greater in natural areas. Further analyses showed that, although natural areas and urban greenspaces delivered a similar number of services at low (>25% threshold) and moderate (>50%) levels of functioning, natural systems supported significantly more functions at high (>75%) levels of functioning. Management practices (mowing) played an important role in explaining urban ecosystem services, but there were no effects of fertilisation or irrigation. Some services declined with increasing site size, for both greenspaces and natural areas. Our work highlights the fact that urban greenspaces are more similar to natural environments than previously reported and underscores the importance of managing urban greenspaces not only for their social and recreational values, but for supporting multiple ecosystem services on which soils and human well-being depends.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-024-00154-z |
| spellingShingle | David J. Eldridge Haiying Cui Jingyi Ding Miguel Berdugo Tadeo Sáez-Sandino Jorge Duran Juan Gaitan José L. Blanco-Pastor Alexandra Rodríguez César Plaza Fernando Alfaro Alberto L. Teixido Sebastian Abades Adebola R. Bamigboye Gabriel F. Peñaloza-Bojacá Tine Grebenc Tine U. Nahberger Javier G. Illán Yu-Rong Liu Thulani P. Makhalanyane Ana Rey Christina Siebe Wei Sun Pankaj Trivedi Jay Prakash Verma Ling Wang Jianyong Wang Tianxue Wang Eli Zaady Xiaobing Zhou Xin-Quan Zhou Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo Urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem services npj Urban Sustainability |
| title | Urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem services |
| title_full | Urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem services |
| title_fullStr | Urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem services |
| title_full_unstemmed | Urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem services |
| title_short | Urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem services |
| title_sort | urban greenspaces and nearby natural areas support similar levels of soil ecosystem services |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-024-00154-z |
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