Recovery of invertebrate diversity in a rehabilitated city landscape mosaic in the heart of a biodiversity hotspot
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...Some studies have included them as indicators of the progress of habitat restoration (Pryke and Samways 2009; Riggins et al. 2009)....
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...Most species have poor dispersal abilities and are slow to recolonise disturbed areas (Pryke and Samways 2009)....
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...They may take a long time to return to a recovered site and so indicate habitat quality or the advanced stages of habitat recovery (Pryke and Samways 2009)....
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...…vegetation cover and biodiversity of plants was associated with increased odonate richness and overall evenness in Austria (Chovanec et al., 2002), Germany (Goertzen & Suhling, 2013), France (Jeanmougin et al., 2014), and South Africa (Samways & Steytler, 1996; Pryke & Samways, 2009), among others....
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...Pryke & Samways (2009) Plants and invertebrates South Africa Natural and recovering forests (riverine and nonriverine), natural and recovering fynbos, botanical gardens and alien pine plantations Taxa richness and abundance, species accumulation curves, non-parametric estimators of richness,…...
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...…gardens rich in indigenous plants, and surprisingly the botanical gardens presented the highest species richness and abundance, especially compared with alien pine plantations (Pryke & Samways, 2009), providing evidence that botanical gardens represent a major refuge for invertebrate species....
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...At this scale, plantation forestry (i.e. stands of alien trees) has been shown to be highly detrimental to biodiversity (Samways and Moore 1991; Armstrong and van Hensbergen 1994, 1996; Armstrong et al. 1998; Pryke and Samways 2009)....
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...stands of alien trees) has been shown to be highly detrimental to biodiversity (Samways and Moore 1991; Armstrong and van Hensbergen 1994, 1996; Armstrong et al. 1998; Pryke and Samways 2009)....
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