Monday, March 19, 2007

Urban Plant Community study

Urban parks in different cities in the same region often have very different plant community assemblages, according to a Penn State study. The study inclided 10 parks in the northeastern U.S. Why are the findings important? They indicate that biodiversity can be maintained and/or encouraged in urban settings. What would happen to this trend of differing plant assemblages, though, if applied at a single city park system scale or with an increased sample size?

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