Prioritizing sites for terrestrial invasive alien plant management in urban ecosystems
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چکیده
Rapid urbanization is placing increased pressure on natural, restored and designed ecosystems to provide services growing human populations. The establishment spread of invasive alien species within around urban areas threaten biodiversity ecosystem functioning, the they provide. Consequently, there a need protect manage where invasions will have greatest socio-ecological impact. Limited resources call for strategic prioritization these areas, yet are few widely adopted, standardized approaches prioritizing sites vulnerable in areas. We applied multi-criteria decision analyses geographic information system develop strategic, spatial approach identifying those most sensitive terrestrial plant invasions. To test this approach, we use Toronto region as case study, populous metropolitan area Canada one fastest centres North America. Through consultation with local conservation authorities, developed an objective, hierarchical set 19 criteria grouped into two categories: services. Spatial data layers were assigned each criterion used map important functioning providing overlayed priority distribution Vincetoxicum rossicum, region's widespread damaging (IAPs) determine potential threat species’ pose High-priority identified by our model include significant value such intact forests, meadows wetlands which crucial regulating supporting Our IAPs showed that high-priority heavily invaded (92.9% occupied V. rossicum comprises medium-high-priority sites) should be prioritized management ensure provision maximized. study can useful practitioners guiding selection high-priority, socio-ecologically action landscapes across different regions scales.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Ecological solutions and evidence
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2688-8319']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12160