Three categories of urban green areas and the effect of their different management on the communities of ants, spiders and harvestmen
Gema Trigos‐Peral, Tomasz Rutkowski, Magdalena Witek, Piotr Ślipiński, Hanna Babik, Wojciech Czechowski
Abstract
Abstract Urban green areas have become an important tool for biodiversity conservation in cities. However, land use and the different management practices applied to these areas determine their effectiveness as biodiversity refuges within cities. In our study, we compare the biodiversity of three bioindicator groups of arthropods (ants, spiders and harvestmen) found in eleven urban green sites in Warsaw (Poland). The studied sites represent three categories of management: botanical gardens, public parks and urban woodlands. Our aim was to determine the effect of the type of management (as urban green categories) on arthropod communities in urban areas.