Social-ecological filters influence plant and invertebrate diversity in educational gardens in a South American metropolis

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dc.article.number35302
dc.catalogadorpva
dc.contributor.authorHerrera O., María Sofía
dc.contributor.authorReyes Paecke, Sonia
dc.contributor.authorMuñoz, Alejandra E.
dc.contributor.authorAmouroux, Paul Mathieu Edmond
dc.contributor.authorTrujillo Cuevas, Catalina Fernanda
dc.contributor.authorIbarra Eliessetch, José Tomás
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-30T18:50:23Z
dc.date.available2025-10-30T18:50:23Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractEducational gardens are green areas in schools that are cultivated with vegetables and are at least partially under the care of students. Although they are usually small in size, they can be biodiversity refuges and act as stepping stones for the flow of species within cities. Biodiversity in educational gardens may be “filtered” by social-ecological processes occurring within the garden, around the garden, and by management practices. This study analyzed species richness and the social-ecological filters that may influence plants and invertebrates in school gardens in the Metropolitan Area of Santiago (MAS), Chile. We sampled 33 vegetable gardens in municipal schools, identifying vascular plants (cultivated and spontaneously growing) and invertebrate morphospecies richness in gardens. We further measured the area of the garden, classified the garden’s ground cover and the land cover around the garden’s buffer zone, and conducted an interview with the main gardener. A total of 362 plant species and 127 invertebrate morphospecies were recorded. The most influential social-ecological filters of plant richness were garden area (m2), percentage of cultivated ground cover, and irrigation during the summer. The most influential factors influencing invertebrate richness were plant species richness, bare ground cover (with a negative effect) and, to a lesser extent, tree cover in the garden’s buffer zone and irrigation during the summer. We conclude that the biodiversity of school gardens in the MAS is more related to social-ecological filters within the garden and management practices than to filters within the garden’s buffer zone.
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2025-10-30
dc.format.extent12 páginas
dc.fuente.origenORCID
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-025-19375-y
dc.identifier.eissn2045-2322
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-19375-y
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/106441
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Agronomía e Ingenieria Forestal; Herrera O., María Sofía; S/I; 95299
dc.information.autorucInstituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales; Reyes Paecke, Sonia; 0000-0001-5888-1507; 68016
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Agronomía e Ingenieria Forestal; Muñoz, Alejandra E.; S/I; 11498
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Agronomía e Ingenieria Forestal; Amouroux, Paul Mathieu Edmond; S/I; 1015122
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Agronomía e Ingenieria Forestal; Trujillo Cuevas, Catalina Fernanda; S/I; 234163
dc.information.autorucFacultad de Agronomía e Ingenieria Forestal; Ibarra Eliessetch, José Tomás; 0000-0002-7705-3974; 120091
dc.language.isoen
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dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.revistaScientific Reports
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.rights.licenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectChile
dc.subjectGarden management practices
dc.subjectSchool gardens
dc.subjectSustainability education
dc.subjectUrban agriculture
dc.subjectUrban biodiversity
dc.subject.ddc600
dc.subject.deweyTecnologíaes_ES
dc.subject.ods15 Life on land
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.titleSocial-ecological filters influence plant and invertebrate diversity in educational gardens in a South American metropolis
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen15
sipa.codpersvinculados95299
sipa.codpersvinculados68016
sipa.codpersvinculados11498
sipa.codpersvinculados1015122
sipa.codpersvinculados234163
sipa.codpersvinculados120091
sipa.trazabilidadORCID;2025-10-27
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