Relationships between urban parks and bird diversity in the Bangkok metropolitan area, Thailand

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 201-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rattanawat Chaiyarat ◽  
Orawee Wutthithai ◽  
Paramita Punwong ◽  
Wut Taksintam
Keyword(s):  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Bird Diversity

scholarly journals Choice Experiments for Estimating the Non-Market Value of Ecosystem Services in the Bang Kachao Green Area, Thailand

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (18) ◽  
pp. 7637
Author(s):  
Areeyapat Petcharat ◽  
Yohan Lee ◽  
Jae Bong Chang
Keyword(s):  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Bird Diversity ◽  
Market Failures ◽  
Negative Externalities ◽  
Conditional Logit Model ◽  
Conditional Logit ◽  
Green Area ◽  
Clean Air ◽  
The Government

Bang Kachao, the largest green area in the Bangkok metropolitan area, delivers significant ecosystem services to sustain society free of charge. It is therefore difficult to achieve socially optimal services because of inefficient allocation of resources, over-consumption, and negative externalities resulting from market failures. This study’s purpose is to assess consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for enhancing ecosystem services from the Bang Kachao Green Area and to investigate factors influencing the WTP of Bangkok residents. A choice experiment was applied by interviewing 200 respondents living in the Bangkok metropolitan area. The data were collected between July and September 2016 and analyzed using a conditional logit model. The results reveal that the respondents are willing to pay 42 USD per year to improve the ecosystem services in Bang Kachao. The respondents demand clean air the most, followed by food, recreation, and bird diversity. The government of Bangkok may take proactive steps to promote agroforestry and ecotourism in Bang Kachao. A Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) scheme may ensure the provision of ecosystem services in Bang Kachao.

scholarly journals The influence of urban park characteristics on bird diversity in Nanjing, China

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xueru Yang ◽  
Xinwei Tan ◽  
Chuanwu Chen ◽  
Yanping Wang
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Environmental Noise ◽  
Habitat Diversity ◽  
Bird Diversity ◽  
City Center ◽  
Bird Species Richness ◽  
Important Indicator ◽  
Park Area

Abstract Background Habitat loss, fragmentation and decrease of habitat quality caused by urbanization have led to a dramatic decline in biodiversity worldwide. For highly urbanized areas, parks have become “islands” or habitat fragments for wildlife. As an important indicator group of urban ecosystem health, the response of birds to urbanization has attracted the global attention of ecologists. Understanding the key factors affecting bird diversity in urbanized environment is crucial to the protection of biodiversity in urban ecosystems. Methods We used the line-transect method to survey birds in 37 urban parks in Nanjing, China. We also measured a number of park characteristics (area, isolation, shape index, environmental noise, distance to city center, and habitat diversity) that are commonly assumed to influence bird diversity. We then used the information-theoretic multi-model inference approach to determine which park characteristics had significant impacts on bird species richness. Results We found that park area, habitat diversity and the distance to city center were the best positive predictors of bird species richness in Nanjing urban parks. By contrast, park isolation, park shape and environmental noise had little or no influence on bird diversity. Conclusions Our study highlights the importance of park area, habitat diversity and the distance to city center in determining bird diversity in Nanjing city parks. Therefore, from a conservation viewpoint, we recommend that large parks with complex and diverse habitats far away from the city center should be retained or constructed to increase bird diversity in urban design and planning.

The Influence of Landscape Patterns on the Bird Diversity of Four Urban Parks

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-27
Author(s):  
Renan Augusto Bonança ◽  
John B. Barney Dunning ◽  
Alexandre Marco da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Urban Parks ◽  
Landscape Patterns ◽  
Bird Diversity

scholarly journals Bird Diversity and Seasonality in Urban Parks of Guangzhou

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui LI
Keyword(s):  
Urban Parks ◽  
Bird Diversity

scholarly journals Bats (Mammalia, Chiroptera) of an urban park in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil

2014 ◽  
Vol 104 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos E.L. Esbérard ◽  
Júlia L. Luz ◽  
Luciana M. Costa ◽  
Helena G. Bergallo
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Urban Park ◽  
Forest Fragments ◽  
Fig Trees ◽  
Bat Diversity

Some bat species are able to adapt to urban areas, where they find food and roosts. Despite the high number of parks in Brazilian cities, they did not yet raise the interest of most zoologists, except for some surveys of birds and butterflies. The objectives of the present study were: (i) to inventory the bat species of Quinta da Boa Vista (QBV), a large (25 ha) urban park centrally located in densely populated Rio de Janeiro, which is Brazil's second largest metropolis; (ii) to compare the species richness observed in roosts with the richness recorded through mist netting in flight routes and near fruiting fig trees; and (iii) to analyze recaptures of bats marked in this park and recaptured in other sites and vice-versa. Sampling totaled 104 sampling nights resulting in 3,256 captures (including 133 recaptures) between April 1989 and December 2004. We also sampled roosts and received some specimens from park visitors and city workers. We documented 21 bat species, predominantly large frugivores. The number of expected species for this park was 24.0 ± 4.6, and the total sampled represented 87.5% of the expected. The recapture of bats marked in surrounding forest fragments and in QBV shows the importance of urban parks for the maintenance of bat diversity. Inspection of roosts produced two species that had not been captured with other methods. Sampling near fruiting fig trees did not differ in terms of richness from sampling carried out far from these trees or during their non-fruiting periods.

The influence of small urban parks characteristics on bird diversity: A case study of Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 227-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zanariah Jasmani ◽  
Hans Peter Ravn ◽  
Cecil C. Konijnendijk van den Bosch
Keyword(s):  
Urban Parks ◽  
Bird Diversity

scholarly journals Comparison of bird diversity between temperate floodplain forests and urban parks

2021 ◽  
pp. 127427
Author(s):  
Ivo Machar ◽  
Pavel Šimek ◽  
Martin Schlossárek ◽  
Vilem Pechanec ◽  
František Petrovič ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Parks ◽  
Bird Diversity ◽  
Floodplain Forests

scholarly journals Floodplain Forests and Urban Parks – A Brief Comparison of Bird Diversity

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivo Machar ◽  
Karel Poprach ◽  
Luděk Praus ◽  
Luboš Úradníček
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Cultural Landscapes ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Alpha Diversity ◽  
Urban Parks ◽  
Bird Diversity ◽  
Urban Landscapes ◽  
Floodplain Forests ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The City

Abstract Urbanization in cultural landscapes generally tends to select for omnivorous, granivorous, and cavity/hole nesting bird species in green urban areas. Studies on bird diversity in the cities are important to better understanding to the ecology of urban and sub-urban landscapes. The aim of this study was research on bird diversity in urban parks in Olomouc city in order to brief comparison with bird diversity in hardwood floodplain forest habitats based on our older above-mentioned study. Bird diversity in urban parks was very similar to the bird diversity in some localities of floodplain forests from the Czech Republic. Comparison between urban parks and hardwood floodplain forests in the vicinity of the city revealed a high similarity of alpha-diversity and diversity indexes. These results indicated that large urban parks have nearly the same importance for bird diversity such as managed hardwood floodplain forests. Results highlighted an importance of urban green areas for biodiversity maintaining in European cultural landscapes.

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