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DOI | 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2019.103647 |
Reviewing the past, present and potential lizard faunas of New Zealand cities | |
Woolley, Christopher K.1; Hartley, Stephen1; Hitchmough, Rod A.2; Innes, John G.3; van Heezik, Yolanda4; Wilson, Deborah J.5; Nelson, Nicola J.1 | |
2019-12-01 | |
发表期刊 | LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING |
ISSN | 0169-2046 |
EISSN | 1872-6062 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 192 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | New Zealand |
英文摘要 | Cities and urban processes typically have a negative impact on biodiversity via land cover change, high rates of disturbance and high densities of pest species. Increasingly, however, people are being encouraged and empowered to reduce these impacts through urban restoration and backyard conservation initiatives. Internationally, lizards are a common feature of urban biodiversity, but in New Zealand where many species are threatened, little is known about populations of native skinks and geckos in cities. Yet cities may offer unique opportunities for lizard conservation compared with alternatively modified habitats. To explore the potential of cities for the conservation of lizards, we collated knowledge about the current lizard faunas of six New Zealand cities and developed a list of species that would likely have been present in the locations of these cities prior to human settlement. Comparing the two, we found that, although each of the cities has at least one currently urban-dwelling species, the diversity of lizards in all of the cities has declined dramatically since human colonisation. Patterns of species loss in cities reflect those observed across New Zealand more generally; that is, the loss of large-bodied skinks and geckos, probably resulting from predation by introduced mammalian predators, as well as the loss of regionally endemic species. The high diversity of species that are currently, or were historically, present in the locations of New Zealand cities means that urban restoration involving recovery or reintroduction of populations could have significant benefits for lizard conservation and advocacy. |
英文关键词 | Biodiversity conservation Geckos Restoration Skinks Squamates Urban |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000491627700005 |
WOS关键词 | URBAN GREEN-SPACE ; EXTINCTION RISK ; FELIS-CATUS ; CONSERVATION ; BIODIVERSITY ; ECOLOGY ; POPULATIONS ; PREDATION ; TRENDS ; SKINK |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Environmental Studies ; Geography ; Geography, Physical ; Regional & Urban Planning ; Urban Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Geography ; Physical Geography ; Public Administration ; Urban Studies |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/226048 |
专题 | 环境与发展全球科技态势 |
作者单位 | 1.Victoria Univ Wellington, Sch Biol Sci, Ctr Biodivers & Restorat Ecol, POB 600, Wellington, New Zealand; 2.Dept Conservat, POB 10-420, Wellington, New Zealand; 3.Manaaki Whenua Landcare Res, Private Bag 3127, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand; 4.Univ Otago, Dept Zool, POB 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand; 5.Manaaki Whenua Landcare Res, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Woolley, Christopher K.,Hartley, Stephen,Hitchmough, Rod A.,et al. Reviewing the past, present and potential lizard faunas of New Zealand cities[J]. LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING,2019,192. |
APA | Woolley, Christopher K..,Hartley, Stephen.,Hitchmough, Rod A..,Innes, John G..,van Heezik, Yolanda.,...&Nelson, Nicola J..(2019).Reviewing the past, present and potential lizard faunas of New Zealand cities.LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING,192. |
MLA | Woolley, Christopher K.,et al."Reviewing the past, present and potential lizard faunas of New Zealand cities".LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING 192(2019). |
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