Hutt-Taylor_Ziter_2022

Hutt-Taylor, K., and C. D. Ziter. 2022. Private trees contribute uniquely to urban forest diversity, structure and service-based traits. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening 78: 127760. doi:10.1016/j.ufug.2022.127760.

Keywords: biodiversity, UrbanTrees, PrivateTrees, FunctionalDiversity

  • street trees accounted for the lowest proportion of species richness of full inventory (institutional, parks, ROW, yards), 43% of all species
  • street trees were dominated by norway maple, silver maple, littleleaf linden
  • species richness per unit area was highest for street trees
  • street trees had highest proportion of large trees and had the most even distribution of DBH
  • tree abundance was highest for street t rees
  • street trees had least variation in service based traits
    • associated with growth rate, fall colour, and slightly maximum height