Assessing the ecological costs and benefits of artificial wetlands in urban landscapes

评估城市景观中人工湿地的生态成本和效益

• 批准号: LP140100343
• 负责人: Prof Stephen Swearer
• 金额: $ 21.12万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2015-02-18 至 2018-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP140100343
• 关键词: Assessing; ecological; costs; benefits; artificial

The nature and distribution of wetlands around cities is changing at an unprecedented rate, with artificial wetlands increasingly dominating urban landscapes. The consequences of these changes for animals, however, are largely unknown. Some artificial wetlands may be poor quality habitats that pose considerable risks to urban biodiversity, while others may play an important role in conservation. The project aims to examine the ecological costs and benefits of artificial wetlands for native animals, and provide guidelines to help ensure wetland construction and management is cost effective and maximises biodiversity outcomes.

城市周围湿地的性质和分布正在以前所未有的速度发生变化，人工湿地越来越多地占据城市景观。然而，这些变化对动物的影响在很大程度上是未知的。一些人工湿地可能是质量差的栖息地，对城市生物多样性构成相当大的风险，而另一些人工湿地可能在保护方面发挥重要作用。该项目旨在研究人工湿地对本地动物的生态成本和效益，并提供指导方针，以帮助确保湿地建设和管理具有成本效益，并最大限度地提高生物多样性成果。