Ecological homogenisation in North American urban yards: vegetation diversity, composition, and structure
William D. Pearse, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Sarah E. Hobbie, Meghan Avolio, Neil Bettez, Rinku Roy Chowdhury, Peter M. Groffman, Morgan Grove, Sharon J. Hall, James B. Heffernan, Jennifer Learned, Christopher Neill, Kristen C. Nelson, Diane E. Pataki, Benjamin L. Ruddell, , Tara L. E. Trammell
The paper examines ecological homogenisation in urban yards across seven US cities, finding higher species numbers but similar phylogenetic diversity compared to natural areas, and greater compositional similarity across regions.
bioRxiv · Jul 4, 2016 · PreprintEcology