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{"title":"Improving biodiversity in Central and Eastern European gardens needs regionally scaled strategies","authors":"Zsófia Varga-Szilay ,&nbsp;Arvīds Barševskis ,&nbsp;Klára Benedek ,&nbsp;Danilo Bevk ,&nbsp;Agata Jojczyk ,&nbsp;Anton Krištín ,&nbsp;Jana Růžičková ,&nbsp;Lucija Šerić Jelaska ,&nbsp;Eve Veromann ,&nbsp;Silva Vilumets ,&nbsp;Kinga Gabriela Fetykó ,&nbsp;Gergely Szövényi ,&nbsp;Gábor Pozsgai","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129074","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129074","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Amid ongoing urbanisation, gardens are expected to play an increasing role in enhancing urban biodiversity by supplementing green areas and improving landscape connectivity. Biodiversity-friendly gardens also improve human well-being and foster connections between nature and people. To study these benefits, we distributed a questionnaire (n = 5255), and used a scoring system to evaluate gardens’ ecological value (GAR index), gardeners' attitudes (RES index), and pesticide use habits (PES index). We used machine learning to explore how these indices interact and what sociodemographic factors drive them across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Our aim was to explore the ecological values of gardens and gardening practices, identifying characteristics that might contribute to building high biodiversity. We found significant variability within and between countries, with Romania scoring low and Czechia high in all indices. Domestic pesticide use was ubiquitous across CEE and largely unaffected by sociodemographic factors. Increased time spent gardening was associated with the highest pesticide use and a greater potential for fostering high biodiversity. Gardeners aged over 55 tended to uphold longstanding conventional practices and thus lowered both PES and GAR index scores. The local differences highlight the need for regionally tailored biodiversity-friendly gardening guidelines instead of standardised regulations across Europe. Effective environmental education and community programs can be developed based on local biodiversity and the three indices we used. These programs should inform gardeners about the environmental and health impacts of pesticides and provide comprehensive biodiversity-related knowledge. This is especially important in CEE, where such initiatives are currently underrepresented.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129074"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145219572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Beauty not Sustainability: Support for mowing and rewilding is most influenced by subjective visual appeal not ecological friendliness","authors":"Jack P. Hughes ,&nbsp;Michael L. Lengieza ,&nbsp;Geoff Knight","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129076","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129076","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Greenspace that is left wilder compared to being mown has a positive impact on biodiversity, habitat protection, and psychological wellbeing. In recent years, Councils across the UK have been declaring an ecological emergency, creating an interest in adopting ecologically conscious land management (ECLM) practices, such as reduced mowing and increased wilding of local county green spaces. However, attempts to reduce mowing are not always met with unequivocal support. It is therefore important to understand what concerns and perceptions most strongly predict support for ECLM practices. The present research employed an online survey design with a sample of 911 participants who live, work, or visit County Durham, measuring support for mowing, support for wilding, mowing concerns, and subjective perceptions of local greenspaces. It was found that concerns around neatness and the environment predicted support for ecologically conscious land management, with higher concerns around neatness reducing support and higher environmental concerns increasing support. Additionally, people’s perceptions around how neat mown green spaces are, along with how environmentally friendly they are, and how socially desirable they are predicted their opinion on whether ecologically conscious land management practices should increase or decrease. Crucially, this paper’s findings indicate that neatness may be the most powerful perception and concern to target when trying to further increase support for ECLM practices. Future research may therefore benefit from investigating how to influence perceptions of neatness. Similarly, policymakers may need to shift their strategy away from the ecological benefit and towards the aesthetic improvements created by wilder land.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129076"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145157810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Smart monitoring and ANN modeling reveal the combined influence of pore-water pressure, rainfall, and wind speed on tree stability","authors":"Nisa Leksungnoen ,&nbsp;Apiniti Jotisankasa ,&nbsp;Ponthep Meunpong ,&nbsp;Washirawat Praphatsorn ,&nbsp;Korakot Tanyacharoen ,&nbsp;Podpakhon Toikaew","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129072","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129072","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Tree stability in tropical urban environments is significantly influenced by heavy rainfall, strong winds, and soil conditions. However, the role of pore-water pressure (PWP) in the root zone is often overlooked in monitoring efforts. This study investigates the stability of a leaning tree subjected to heavy rain and strong winds, using smart sensors to measure tilt, tilt rate (hourly), root-zone PWP, rainfall, and wind speed. Results revealed a notable correlation between tilt and PWP (r = 0.75), emphasizing the role of soil saturation in weakening root anchorage. Tilt rate showed a moderate correlation with rainfall (r = 0.49) and a weaker correlation with wind speed (r = 0.25) and the combined effect of rainfall and PWP (r = 0.30). An artificial neural network (ANN) model, trained with rainfall, wind speed, pore-water pressure (PWP), and rainfall × PWP as inputs to predict tilt and tilt rate, achieved a mean squared error (MSE) of 0.0020 and an R² of 0.526. These results highlight the critical role of root-zone PWP in tree stability and demonstrate the potential of predictive models based on widely available environmental data and tensiometer measurement for early warning of tree instability in urban environments.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129072"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145118334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Urbanization weakens mutualisms without affecting antagonisms of a hawkmoth-pollinated plant species","authors":"Florencia Soteras ,&nbsp;Silvana Longo ,&nbsp;Noelia Cofré ,&nbsp;M. Laura Bernaschini ,&nbsp;Nicolás Marro ,&nbsp;Julia Rodríguez ,&nbsp;Santiago Costas ,&nbsp;Adrián Giaquinta ,&nbsp;Andrea A. Cocucci ,&nbsp;Corina Vissio ,&nbsp;Pablo Yair Huais ,&nbsp;Gabriel Grilli","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129070","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129070","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The influence of urbanization on ecosystems extends beyond the impact on individual species, affecting interactions among multiple species, and thereby ecosystem functioning. In this study, we asked whether interaction intensity between plants and their mutualists and antagonists varies along an urbanization gradient. To address this question, we evaluated changes in the interactions of <em>Nicotiana longiflora</em> Cav. (Solanaceae) with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) and nocturnal hawkmoth pollinators as mutualists, and with insect herbivores as antagonists across an urbanization gradient. We assessed female plant fitness, pollination intensity by nocturnal hawkmoths, AMF root colonization, and floral and leaf herbivory across 29 populations and their relationship with urbanization metrics, including type of area cover, degree of light pollution, and impervious surface cover. We found that as impervious surface cover and degree of light pollution increase, hawkmoth visitation, and conspecific pollen load on stigmas significantly decreased. Herbivory did not significantly vary with urbanization metrics. Results are consistent with the known influence of artificial illumination on nocturnal pollinator activity. Total root colonization by AMF increased with impervious surface cover and highly compact urban areas probably due to enhanced net photosynthetic response and greater carbon allocation to roots. In addition, Vesicular colonization increased with natural grasslands. Overall, our findings indicate that urbanization has the potential to influence multiple plant interactions in different ways, ultimately leading to a net negative impact on plant benefits. This could have long-term consequences for plant fitness by indirectly altering how below- and above-ground partners perform their mutualistic or antagonistic roles.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129070"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145118335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Measuring the spatial configuration of urban tree canopy: A new metric for assessing concentrated-dispersed patterns and their association with urban air quality","authors":"Li Wang ,&nbsp;Bo Pang ,&nbsp;Ning Ma ,&nbsp;Yue Zheng ,&nbsp;Jinyuan Xie ,&nbsp;Lu Chen ,&nbsp;Pei Li","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129069","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129069","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Which spatial distribution pattern of urban tree cover—concentrated or dispersed—is more effective for improving air quality? This study proposes two novel indicators, namely the Urban Tree Cover Distribution (UTD) index and Urban Tree Cover Area (UTA) index, which are developed based on tree cover rate raster calculations. These indicators quantify the spatial structure and aggregation characteristics of tree cover across over 280 cities in China and reveal the spatiotemporal differentiation of tree cover configurations in these cities from 2000 to 2023. The analysis indicates that since 2016, the tree cover rate and spatial aggregation degree in Chinese cities have increased significantly, while urban PM₂.₅ concentrations have decreased. The spatial distributions of the UTD and UTA indices exhibit spatial autocorrelation, with distinct differences between northern and southern China. Empirical modeling shows that the concentration degree of the forest spatial pattern exerts a significant positive effect on urban air quality improvement, and this effect varies significantly across different regions of China. Index decomposition reveals that the spatial distribution effect of urban trees on air quality improvement is stronger than its scale effect. Additionally, the spatial spillover effect caused by variations in tree cover is highly significant, and the spatial agglomeration of urban tree planting shows a significant marginal increasing trend in suppressing PM₂.₅. This study concludes that cities should adopt a more concentrated tree-planting pattern, as this approach not only significantly improves air quality but also reduces economic costs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129069"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145118338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Urban forestry practices to improve heat-related human health: Exploring the practicalities and concerns with U.S. urban tree professionals","authors":"Olivia J. Keenan ,&nbsp;Alexander R. Young ,&nbsp;Gayle Kouklis ,&nbsp;Sarah Brown ,&nbsp;Aalayna Rae Green ,&nbsp;Daniel S.W. Katz ,&nbsp;David L. Miller ,&nbsp;Qi Li ,&nbsp;Wenna Xi ,&nbsp;Fiona Lo ,&nbsp;Sarah R. Young ,&nbsp;Arnab K. Ghosh","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129071","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129071","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Climate change is increasing the frequency of heat waves and heat-related health issues, particularly in cities due to the urban heat island effect. While government entities see the value of utilizing the urban forest (UF) to reduce heat exposure in cities, practical and community-based considerations focused on UF heat mitigation are poorly understood. To address this gap, this study conducted 34 interviews with urban tree professionals (e.g., city arborists, UF researchers, non-profit urban foresters) across the United States to explore the practicalities of using specific tree species for improving heat-related health, and to inform future UF research and interventions. The primary findings were: 1) there are knowledge gaps on tree cooling potentials despite perceived importance of cooling; 2) despite evidence of climate warming, tree survival rather than cooling potential remains a priority; 3) climate change is altering habitat suitability and environmental stress tolerance, and therefore tree cooling potential; 4) funding can be better invested in tree maintenance than in new plantings; and 5) quantification of public health benefits of the UF may help increase advocacy for UF funding and public education. Our findings reveal that operationalizing tree cooling at the species-level is fundamentally challenging, particularly because climate warming increases the need for understanding species-specific cooling, yet there is uncertainty about which trees will survive in future climates. These challenges require continued multidisciplinary collaboration, particularly for researchers who are working at the intersection of public health, urban forestry, and climate change adaptation strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129071"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145118337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rainfall characteristics affected canopy rainfall redistribution more than canopy structure and leaf micromorphology in three urban forest species in China","authors":"Wenqin Ji ,&nbsp;Ronghua Wang ,&nbsp;Guangyao Liu ,&nbsp;Chenglong Gao ,&nbsp;Yan Wang ,&nbsp;Binbin Li ,&nbsp;Jianan Wang ,&nbsp;Peifeng Xiong","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129068","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129068","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rainfall redistribution in urban forests is a critical component of urban hydrological cycle, influencing runoff regulation and rainwater utilization. This study examined three urban forest species (<em>Cinnamomum camphora</em>, <em>Sophora japonica</em>, and <em>Platanus orientalis</em>) in Hefei, China, across 20 rainfall events during 2022–2023. Canopy interception, throughfall, and stemflow were monitored, and the effects of rainfall characteristics, canopy structure, meteorological factors, and leaf functional and microstructural traits were assessed. Throughfall was the major component, averaging 17.3–17.6 mm for the three species, followed by canopy interception (4.0–4.3 mm), and stemflow was minimal (0.06–0.1 mm). Rainfall characteristics greatly affected redistribution, particularly rainfall amount, which exhibited a linear positive correlation. Redistribution tended to increase initially and then stabilize with longer rainfall duration and higher intensity. Interception and throughfall were largely independent of canopy structure and other meteorological factors, whereas stemflow was negatively related to tree dimensions. Plant storage capacity was influenced by plant size, biomass, leaf wettability and microstructure, but these effects were attenuated for rainfall redistribution under natural rainfall conditions. These findings highlighted that rainfall characteristics primarily determined redistribution, with minor contributions from leaf and canopy traits, providing valuable insights into the regulatory mechanisms of urban green infrastructures on ecohydrological processes.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129068"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145093897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Forest type and stand structure influence soil microbial network composition and stability in urban forests: Insights from Beijing, China","authors":"Jiangang Zhu ,&nbsp;Zuzheng Li ,&nbsp;Conghai Han ,&nbsp;Li Ma ,&nbsp;Xujun Liu ,&nbsp;Yangyi Qin ,&nbsp;Yanzheng Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129062","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129062","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban forests are essential for enhancing urban livability, with their soil microbial communities playing a key role in ecosystem stability and function. However, how different urban forest types influence these microbial communities is not well understood. We investigated soil microbial communities in five distinct forests (dominated by <em>Populus tomentosa</em>, <em>Robinia pseudoacacia</em>, <em>Salix matsudana</em>, <em>Eucommia ulmoides</em>, and <em>Ailanthus altissima</em>) in Beijing's plain ecological forests. Using metagenomic sequencing, microbial co-occurrence network analysis, and structural equation modeling, we found that forest type significantly affected microbial diversity, functional gene abundance, and the structure of microbial networks. <em>Salix matsudana</em> soils exhibited the highest microbial diversity, and community structure differed significantly among forest types. <em>Acidobacteria</em> and <em>Proteobacteria</em> were the dominant bacterial phyla, indicative of their oligotrophic adaptation to carbon-rich forest soils and their specialized roles in nitrogen cycling, respectively. <em>Populus tomentosa</em> showed highest interconnectivity, while <em>Robinia pseudoacacia</em> had maximal topological integration. Network robustness was strongest in <em>Salix matsudana</em>, whereas <em>Populus tomentosa</em> and <em>Ailanthus altissima</em> were most vulnerable. A total of 430 key microbial functional genes (level 3 KEGG orthologues) were identified, primarily involved in carbon cycling and microbial metabolism. Structural equation modeling accounted for 76.4 % of the variance in network robustness (<em>R</em>² = 0.764) and 35.7 % of the variance in vulnerability (<em>R</em>² = 0.357). The analysis identified tree density and height as critical determinants of network stability, while bacterial diversity and ammonium nitrogen emerged as the primary factors influencing network vulnerability. These findings provide important insights into the complex interactions between forest type, environmental factors, and soil microbial communities, highlighting the critical role of microbial network stability in informing urban forest management strategies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129062"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145118336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Artificial nighttime light amplifies urban-rural difference in spring phenology in cold cities but narrows in warm cities","authors":"Wanying Cheng ,&nbsp;Hongfang Zhao ,&nbsp;Yuanzhi Yao ,&nbsp;Hangqi Liang ,&nbsp;Xuhui Wang ,&nbsp;Anping Chen ,&nbsp;Zhenzhong Zeng ,&nbsp;Xuecao Li ,&nbsp;Yang Yi ,&nbsp;Xia Li","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129065","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129065","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Increasing artificial nighttime light (NTL) profoundly influences spring phenology. However, this has been found under idealized laboratory conditions, without considering the complexities of natural urban conditions. Therefore, disentangling the impact of NTL on plant dynamics in complex urban environments remains challenging. Here, by employing a structural equation model on each urbanization intensity (UI) gradient across 152 China’s cities, we revealed that reducing the accumulation period of growing degree days (GDD) is the primary mechanism that NTL advanced spring phenology within majority cities. Notably, in high-latitude regions where spring temperatures are relatively low, NTL led to greater reductions in GDD along the UI gradients with a standardized coefficient of −0.43 ± 0.03, widening the urban-rural difference in spring phenology. Conversely, in low-latitude regions with relatively high spring temperatures, NTL induced fewer GDD reductions and even caused an increase in GDD enhancement alongside UI with a standardized coefficient of 0.07 ± 0.01, narrowing the urban-rural difference in spring phenology. Therefore, our study provides compelling evidence for considering the important role of artificial nighttime light on urban vegetation spring phenology. It is crucial to understand the impacts of future urbanization on vegetation and future sustainable urban development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129065"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145093898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Improving urban butterfly diversity and abundance through strategic consideration of patch resources and butterfly ecological preference","authors":"Wenqiang Fang ,&nbsp;Weicong Fu ,&nbsp;Zihao Chen ,&nbsp;Peilin Huang ,&nbsp;Shaolin Peng ,&nbsp;Ting Zhou","doi":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129067","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ufug.2025.129067","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Urban biodiversity is directly influenced by land use; however, the role of land use is often overlooked in urban landscape design, particularly regarding the effects of landscape context and the synergistic interactions between land-use patches on biodiversity. Based on high-resolution (1 m) remote sensing (RS) imagery and a one-year field survey, in this study, we systematically examined the effects of various landscape environmental factors and land-use combinations on butterfly diversity within the urban riparian parks in Fuzhou (China), focusing on different families (namely, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, and Riodinidae) and wingspan groups (small, medium, medium to large, and large). Multiple linear regression model (MLR) based on corrected Akaike information criterion (AIC_c) and the Geographical detector model (GD) were employed to quantify these effects. The results indicated that 1) the Abundance of Papilionidae and Nymphalidae were notably lower than those of Pieridae and Lycaenidae, but their Richness was high, necessitating targeted conservation measures. 2) Reducing the distance to high-quality regions could improve urban butterfly diversity. 3) Increasing the complexity of water-body boundaries within parks improved butterfly Richness and Abundance. 4) Larger butterflies exhibited greater sensitivity to woodland presence, water-body configuration, and connectivity with mountainous regions. 5) Increased complexity of water-body boundaries and the synergistic effects of woodland and grassland patches positively influenced the Richness of Papilionidae and Nymphalidae. 6) The combination of woodland, grassland, and water bodies significantly enhanced the diversity of different families and wingspan groups, with their synergistic effects and ecological preferences jointly influencing the spatial patterns of urban butterfly diversity. Overall, this study highlights the role of surrounding landscape and water-body configurations in improving urban butterfly diversity, while highlighting the potential of utilizing the synergistic effects of specific land-use combinations to further improve urban butterfly biodiversity. Aligning landscape patch configurations with the ecological needs of butterflies could support butterfly diversity in urban parks. Notably, our study can serve as a reference for the design and selection of butterfly-friendly green spaces.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49394,"journal":{"name":"Urban Forestry & Urban Greening","volume":"113 ","pages":"Article 129067"},"PeriodicalIF":6.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145093910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}