Ecological and Soil Data Applied to Conservation Management of an Urban Forest

Urban ecosystems have great potential for urban biodiversity conservation, but achieving conservation goals relies on comprehensive ecological assessments to assist in active management practices; however, land use changes led unique abiotic and biotic inputs that affected altered below-ground soil composition, with potentially negative implications across trophic levels. We investigated the relationships between attributes key indicators of forest health, specifically composition condition vegetation soils an remnant area. The major findings revealed a dominance native plant species, some invasion by non-native plants, acidic high-carbon sufficient most available nutrients. Moreover, stepwise regression analysis showed significant species diversity abundance; prevalence invasive plants (Lonicera maackii, Pueraria montana, Albizia julibrissin, Ligustrum sinense, Lonicera japonica, Ailanthus altissima, Paulownia tomentosa); canopy gaps; fine woody debris floor. These identified affecting health broad long-term monitoring forests.