Improving Extensive Green Roofs for Endangered Ground-Nesting Birds

Abstract Cities are considered hotspots of biodiversity due to their high number habitats such as ruderal areas, wastelands and masonry works hosting peculiar biocoenoses. Urban represents a challenging paradigmatic case for contemporary ecology nature conservation because clear distinction between reserves anthropogenic lands is becoming obsolete. In this context, extensive green roofs may represent suitable habitat ground-nesting birds wild plants, providing conditions occur. paper, studies used show how existing can be improved in order make them function replacement endangered birds. The setup an uneven topography, combined with hay spreading seed sowing, significantly enhanced the reproductive performance northern lapwing ( Vanellus vanellus ), one most Switzerland.