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ArticlePlants (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Socioeconomic Disparities in Urban Forest Diversity and Structure in Green Areas of Santiago de Chile.

Brian R Guevara, Sandra V Uribe, Carmen L de la Maza, Nélida R Villaseñor

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Article in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Multiple drivers and long-term patterns of the ecology of segregation in Latin America.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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4 authors.

Brian R GuevaraGrupo de Ecología, Naturaleza y Sociedad, Departamento de Gestión Forestal y su Medio Ambiente, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y de la Conservación de la Naturaleza, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8820808, Chile.
Sandra V UribeGrupo de Ecología, Naturaleza y Sociedad, Departamento de Gestión Forestal y su Medio Ambiente, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y de la Conservación de la Naturaleza, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8820808, Chile.
Carmen L de la MazaGrupo de Ecología, Naturaleza y Sociedad, Departamento de Gestión Forestal y su Medio Ambiente, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y de la Conservación de la Naturaleza, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8820808, Chile.
Nélida R VillaseñorGrupo de Ecología, Naturaleza y Sociedad, Departamento de Gestión Forestal y su Medio Ambiente, Facultad de Ciencias Forestales y de la Conservación de la Naturaleza, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8820808, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-8624-4484

Funding

Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Fondecyt iniciación 11201045
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Urban trees enhance biodiversity, provide ecosystem services, and improve quality of life in cities. Despite their benefits, trees are not distributed equitably, and many cities exhibit a "luxury effect". Given the importance of public green space for providing access to urban tree benefits, we investigated the relationship between socioeconomic level and tree diversity and structure in 60 green areas in Santiago de Chile. Species richness and total tree abundance did not significantly vary among socioeconomic levels; however, a differential effect was found according to species origin. Introduced tree species exhibited similar abundance and species richness across socioeconomic levels, but native tree species were more abundant and richer in higher socioeconomic level areas compared to lower ones. Tree cover was higher in the high and medium socioeconomic level areas than in the low socioeconomic level area. A higher average DBH was found in the medium socioeconomic level area, which may be explained by older neighborhoods and a legacy of the luxury effect. Our findings reveal that socioeconomic groups are associated with differences in tree cover, width, and the number of native species in public green areas. Consequently, urban residents have different provisions of ecosystem services and opportunities to interact with natural heritage. Increasing the amount of tree cover and native species available to vulnerable groups will reduce disparities.

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biodiversityenvironmental justiceLatin Americanative speciesSantiago de Chilesocioeconomicsurban ecologyurban parks

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PMID38999681
PMCPMC11244513

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