Graves_et_al_2017

Graves RA, Pearson SM, Turner MG (2017) Species richness alone does not predict cultural ecosystem service value. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 114:3774–3779. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1701370114

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Keywords: aesthetics, urban ecosystem services, biodiversity

cultural ecosystem services (CES) are among the least-quantified ES. Biodiversity is often used to map CES but the relationship between biodiversity and CES is unclear. Species richness had no effect on respondents’ preferences for wildflower communities. Abundance was most important followed by number of colours and evenness. Focusing solely on biodiversity and species richness to provide CES may not be enough to meet the population’s needs - need to determine suitable indicators for the situation