Biodiversity conservation in cities: Defining habitat analogues for plant species of conservation interest

M Itani; M Al Zein; N Nasralla; S N Talhouk

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0220355

Biodiversity conservation in cities: Defining habitat analogues for plant species of conservation interest

PLoS One. 2020 Jun 9;15(6):e0220355. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0220355. eCollection 2020.

Authors

M Itani^{1

2}, M Al Zein³, N Nasralla², S N Talhouk^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Landscape Design and Ecosystem Management, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
² Nature Conservation Center, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
³ Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

Abstract

The stepwise method was useful in producing informative plant lists and assemblages for planting designs and landscape management; it generated a plant selection palette that is not restrictive and does not enforce a native only policy. It also offered a wide range of potential habitat analogues for M. crassifolia.

MeSH terms

Biodiversity*
Cities*
Conservation of Natural Resources*
Plants / classification*

Grants and funding

The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.