Abstract
Green space is important for the maintenance of the ecological dimension of a sustainable urban landscape. Therefore, in order to figure out the relationship between the greening of urban parks and bird diversity, we used 5 avian ecological diversity indexes, such as Species richness, Abundance, Shannon-Weiner diversity index, Evenness, and Margalef's richness indices, to evaluate the functionality of different types of urban parks. Therefore, birds in 17 parks were surveyed with the circular-plot method from August of 2004 to April of 2005; meanwhile, the greening level of urban park of Tainan city in Taiwan was measured by remote sensing method. As the result, overall there was higher bird species richness in higher greening level parks. Our findings emphasize the importance of urban park with abundant greening to maintain high ecological diversity. Thus, we suggest that increasing greening level of urban parks can promote the bird diversity in urban area.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The Sustainable City V |
| Subtitle of host publication | Urban Regeneration and Sustainability |
| Publisher | WITPress |
| Pages | 193-202 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Volume | 117 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781845641283 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2008 Jan 1 |
| Event | 5th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability, Sustainable City V - Skiathos, Greece Duration: 2008 Sep 24 → 2008 Sep 26 |
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| Other | 5th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability, Sustainable City V |
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| Country | Greece |
| City | Skiathos |
| Period | 08-09-24 → 08-09-26 |
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A study in the relationship between greenery of urban parks and bird diversity in Tainan City, Taiwan. / Lin, Hsien-Te; Sun, C. Y.; Hung, C. T.
The Sustainable City V: Urban Regeneration and Sustainability. Vol. 117 WITPress, 2008. p. 193-202.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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