[雙語翻譯]園林專業(yè)外文翻譯—利用外來植物支持城市土著生物多樣性：對景觀建筑的經(jīng)驗教訓(xùn)（節(jié)選）

1、字數(shù)：英文 字數(shù)：英文 3608 3608 單詞， 單詞，20220 20220 字符；中文 字符；中文 6313 6313 漢字 漢字出處： 出處：Rastandeh Rastandeh A, A, Pedersen Pedersen Zari Zari M, M, K. K. Brown Brown D, D, et et al. al. Utilising Utilising exotic exotic flora flora

2、in in support support of of urban urban indigenous indigenous biodiversity: biodiversity: lessons lessons for for landscape landscape architecture[J]. architecture[J]. Landscape Landscape Research, Research, 2018

3、, 2018, 43(5): 43(5): 708-720. 708-720.外文文獻 外文文獻 Utilising exotic flora in support of urban indigenous biodiversity: lessons for landscape architectureAbstract Evidence shows that in the absence of intact natural habita

4、ts, some exotic patches of vegetation may play a compensatory role in supporting indigenous biodiversity in urban environments. This paper suggests that in urban settings where landscapes already contain non-natives, bot

5、h indigenous and exotic flora may be necessary to maintain indigenous biodiversity. The research was constructed based upon a review of the current literature combined with a GIS-based spatial analysis of urban landscape

6、 patterns, using Wellington New Zealand as a case study. The research provides evidence concerning different aspects of utilising indigenous and exotic plant species to argue that a balanced proportion of indigenous to e

7、xotic plants may be advantageous in order to respond to some aspects of biodiversity loss. The results have three immediate implications for landscape architecture practices at the urban scale and reveal important issues

8、 that should be addressed by future research.KEYWORDS: exotic flora; indigenous biodiversity; landscape architecture; urban biodiversity1.Introduction: exotic-indigenous land coverThere is sufficient evidence to indicate

9、 that biodiversity is essential to support the Polynesian rat Rattus exulans) and human-caused ecosystem loss (particularly clearing by fire of almost half of all lowland and montane forest) gave rise to the extinction o

10、f 34 endemic land birds and several endemic herpetofauna or at least significant declines in populations (Ministry for the Environment, 1997 cited in Craig et al., 2000; Towns McGlone, 1989). Destruction of indigenous l

11、and cover and extinctions or population pressures of native species continued, with different causes and results, from the late 1700s when the first Europeans arrived in New Zealand.More than 86% of people in New Zealand

12、 live in cities (United Nations—Department of Economic Ignatieva, Stewart, Meurk, Blaschke, Meurk Meurk Pedersen Zari, 2012, 2015; Spellerberg Stewart et al., 2009; Swaffield, 2005). According to Clarkson, Wehi, an

13、d Brabyn (2007), only 1.96% of current urban New Zealand is the land cover type class ‘Indigenous Forest’ that is indicative of mature indigenous land cover. The loss of indigenous plant diversity in urban settings may b

14、e regarded as a threat to the survival of indigenous fauna as well. Research shows that there is a mutual relationship between a wide range of indigenous flora and fauna. Nevertheless, some exotic plant species can suppo

15、rt indigenous fauna and this should not be set aside. Given that, it may be necessary to define a balance between indigenous and exotic land cover type classes in urban settings in order to maximise the performance of ec

16、osystem services required both to support indigenous species and to maintain and/or improve the quality of human life. To this end, it is imperative firstly to identify the role of both indigenous and exotic flora in sup

17、porting indigenous fauna in urban settings, and secondly to build up an understanding of the relationships between indigenous and exotic land cover type classes and how they both contribute to overall urban biodiversity