Species richness and flower color diversity determine aesthetic preferences of natural-park and urban-park visitors for plant communities
Understanding people's perceptions of biological communities has the potential to positively contribute to the rapid development and implementation of policies and institutions dedicated to the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems. In this study, we conducted a face-to-face questionnaire...
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| author | Mahoro Tomitaka Shoko Uchihara Akihito Goto Takehiro Sasaki |
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| description | Understanding people's perceptions of biological communities has the potential to positively contribute to the rapid development and implementation of policies and institutions dedicated to the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems. In this study, we conducted a face-to-face questionnaire survey on natural-park and urban-park visitors to reveal their aesthetic preferences of photographs of real plant communities digitally manipulated to contain different levels of diversity. The photographs were manipulated to contain different numbers of flower colors (1 or 3 colors), species richness (3 or 6 species), and the presence of shrubs (present or absent). Respondents preferred plant communities with higher flower color diversity, higher species richness, and the absence of shrubs. When we asked respondents for their aesthetic preferences of the manipulated photographs where the number of flower colors was fixed to one, photographs displaying plant communities with more species richness and the absence of shrubs were preferred. Aesthetic preferences for plant communities and their determinants did not differ between natural-park and urban-park visitors. We can thus assume that species richness and flower color diversity determine aesthetic preferences for the moorland and grassland plant communities studied. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7f1818aad83a418fbcc9aa16218ae0e22022-12-21T18:31:03ZengElsevierEnvironmental and Sustainability Indicators2665-97272021-09-0111100130Species richness and flower color diversity determine aesthetic preferences of natural-park and urban-park visitors for plant communitiesMahoro Tomitaka0Shoko Uchihara1Akihito Goto2Takehiro Sasaki3Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7, Tokiwadai, Hodogaya, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 240-8501, JapanGraduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7, Tokiwadai, Hodogaya, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 240-8501, JapanGraduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7, Tokiwadai, Hodogaya, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 240-8501, JapanCorresponding author.; Graduate School of Environment and Information Sciences, Yokohama National University, 79-7, Tokiwadai, Hodogaya, Yokohama, Kanagawa, 240-8501, JapanUnderstanding people's perceptions of biological communities has the potential to positively contribute to the rapid development and implementation of policies and institutions dedicated to the conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems. In this study, we conducted a face-to-face questionnaire survey on natural-park and urban-park visitors to reveal their aesthetic preferences of photographs of real plant communities digitally manipulated to contain different levels of diversity. The photographs were manipulated to contain different numbers of flower colors (1 or 3 colors), species richness (3 or 6 species), and the presence of shrubs (present or absent). Respondents preferred plant communities with higher flower color diversity, higher species richness, and the absence of shrubs. When we asked respondents for their aesthetic preferences of the manipulated photographs where the number of flower colors was fixed to one, photographs displaying plant communities with more species richness and the absence of shrubs were preferred. Aesthetic preferences for plant communities and their determinants did not differ between natural-park and urban-park visitors. We can thus assume that species richness and flower color diversity determine aesthetic preferences for the moorland and grassland plant communities studied.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972721000313Biodiversity perceptionCultural ecosystem serviceDigital manipulationFace-to-face questionnaire surveySub-alpine moorlandTokyo-Yokohama |
| spellingShingle | Mahoro Tomitaka Shoko Uchihara Akihito Goto Takehiro Sasaki Species richness and flower color diversity determine aesthetic preferences of natural-park and urban-park visitors for plant communities Environmental and Sustainability Indicators Biodiversity perception Cultural ecosystem service Digital manipulation Face-to-face questionnaire survey Sub-alpine moorland Tokyo-Yokohama |
| title | Species richness and flower color diversity determine aesthetic preferences of natural-park and urban-park visitors for plant communities |
| title_full | Species richness and flower color diversity determine aesthetic preferences of natural-park and urban-park visitors for plant communities |
| title_fullStr | Species richness and flower color diversity determine aesthetic preferences of natural-park and urban-park visitors for plant communities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Species richness and flower color diversity determine aesthetic preferences of natural-park and urban-park visitors for plant communities |
| title_short | Species richness and flower color diversity determine aesthetic preferences of natural-park and urban-park visitors for plant communities |
| title_sort | species richness and flower color diversity determine aesthetic preferences of natural park and urban park visitors for plant communities |
| topic | Biodiversity perception Cultural ecosystem service Digital manipulation Face-to-face questionnaire survey Sub-alpine moorland Tokyo-Yokohama |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2665972721000313 |
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