Modelling multi-species response to landscape dynamics: mosaic cycles support urban biodiversity

• Published in: Landscape ecology Vol. 24; no. 7; pp. 929 - 941
• Main Authors: Kattwinkel, Mira, Strauss, Barbara, Biedermann, Robert, Kleyer, Michael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2009; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Age composition; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biodiversity; biogeography; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Brownfields; Configuration management; Ecology; Environmental conditions; Environmental degradation; environmental factors; Environmental Management; Environmental quality; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; General aspects. Techniques; Geographical distribution; Germany; grasshoppers; habitat destruction; Habitat loss; Habitats; Industrial areas; Insects; Land use; Landscape; Landscape Ecology; Landscape preservation; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning; landscapes; landscaping; Life Sciences; Methods and techniques (sampling, tagging, trapping, modelling...); Modelling; Nature Conservation; Parameters; Rare species; recreation; Research Article; sampling; soil; Sustainable Development; Turnover rate; Urban areas; Urban planning; Vegetation; vegetation structure; Germany; Germany, Bremen; Species distribution model; Urban brownfields; Succession; Model averaging; Conservation planning; Dynamic landscape; Landscape context; Habitat model; Landscape; Conservation; Urban area; Biodiversity; Modeling; Cycle; Spatial distribution; Geographic distribution; Industrial wasteland; Dynamics; Habitat; Models; Planning; Distribution range

The importance of the spatial as well as the temporal structure of habitat patches for urban biodiversity has been recognised, but rarely quantified. In dynamic environments the rate of habitat destruction and recreation (i.e. the landscape turnover rate), the minimum amount of potential habitat, it...