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August 11, 2025

Beyond green space area: How landscape structure shapes urban bird communities in a megacity

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MMMarisela Martínez‐RuizELElio Guarionex Lagunes–DíazJMJonathan Morales-Contreras

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Overview

Observational analysis of bird diversity in urban green spaces reveals landscape structure's vital role, suggesting urban planning strategies to enhance biodiversity.

Key Points

  • Landscape structure significantly influences bird diversity in urban green spaces, indicating a need for more comprehensive urban planning.
  • Bird assemblages in Mexico City's green spaces showed dominance by synanthropic species, with landscape composition being key to bird abundance.
  • Surveys captured 1,194 individual birds from 56 species in 20 public green spaces, illustrating the rich avian life within urban landscapes.
  • Enhancing green spaces with forests and grass while managing impervious surfaces may promote greater biodiversity and ecological services for cities.

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Martínez‐Ruiz et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68a35eeb0a429f7973327e9fhttps://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6858525/v1
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