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Parks play an important role in sustaining the urban ecosystem owing to their plant diversity. Therefore, identification of plant composition in parks has contributed to better their planning and management. In this study, woody plant species in a total of 53 parks of the selected 15 neighborhoods in Burdur were explored, plant diversity indexes were calculated and correlations of the attributes of plants and parks with the socioeconomic status of the neighborhoods were analyzed. A total of 36 family, 85 genus and 127 species were recorded. Neighborhood parks had more than 50% exotic species. Neighborhood parks with higher socioeconomic status had higher numbers of species and invasive species. The pattern from the similarity analysis supported the correlation between the number of species and socioeconomic status. Park area had a positive and strong correlation with the attributes and diversity indexes of plant. Moreover, distance from the park to the city center had negative and strong correlation with plant attributes and Shannon diversity and Margalef’s Richness Indexes. Albeit the large number of exotic species in neighborhood parks, the native species in the establishment of neighborhood parks should be actually preferred in terms of adaptation to the climate change. Furthermore, park management should consider the opinions of the people in the neighborhood instead of just making their own decisions in order to increase the park use. Further studies are needed including a broader range of socioeconomic variables to draw deeper conclusions about drivers of plant diversity of neighborhood parks.
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Yücedağ, C., Aşik, Y. Association between socioeconomic status and woody plant diversity in neighborhood parks. Urban Ecosyst 26, 1071–1080 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-023-01366-4
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