| Publication type: | Conference paper |
| Type of review: | Editorial review |
| Title: | Green roofs in Switzerland : urban habitats for ground-nesting birds, insects and plants |
| Authors: | Baumann, Nathalie |
| Proceedings: | CITYGREEN: Stepping up with green |
| Conference details: | Green Urban Scape Asia, 2010 |
| Issue Date: | 2010 |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Natural roofs; Urban habitat; Biodiversity; Ground-nesting birds |
| Subject (DDC): | 333: Economics of land and resources 577: Ecology |
| Abstract: | Green roof activities and research in Switzerland have focused for many years on the potential of habitat creation on roof surfaces to compensate for the loss of habitats that are destroyed or damaged on the ground as a result of development - ecological compensation. The living space on a roof is primarily stamped by the limited water supply, and this leads to the development of green roofs, similar to those found in natural dry regions and habitats, to desert or steppe-like vegetation. These habitats include: riverbank and flood plains with gravel and sand, which are important for bird species that favor gravelly river terraces or open meadows. Post-industrial brown field sites, which are ecologically rich particularly for their invertebrate flora and interesting spontaneous plant communities, and abandoned railway sites, are also important for specialized flora and fauna, for example species living on stony open surfaces with a thin soil layer. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/10344 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Licence according to publishing contract |
| Departement: | Life Sciences and Facility Management |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR) |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management |
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Baumann, N. (2010). Green roofs in Switzerland : urban habitats for ground-nesting birds, insects and plants. CITYGREEN: Stepping up with Green.
Baumann, N. (2010) ‘Green roofs in Switzerland : urban habitats for ground-nesting birds, insects and plants’, in CITYGREEN: Stepping up with green. Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology.
N. Baumann, “Green roofs in Switzerland : urban habitats for ground-nesting birds, insects and plants,” in CITYGREEN: Stepping up with green, 2010.
BAUMANN, Nathalie, 2010. Green roofs in Switzerland : urban habitats for ground-nesting birds, insects and plants. In: CITYGREEN: Stepping up with green. Conference paper. Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology. 2010
Baumann, Nathalie. 2010. “Green Roofs in Switzerland : Urban Habitats for Ground-Nesting Birds, Insects and Plants.” Conference paper. In CITYGREEN: Stepping up with Green. Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology.
Baumann, Nathalie. “Green Roofs in Switzerland : Urban Habitats for Ground-Nesting Birds, Insects and Plants.” CITYGREEN: Stepping up with Green, Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology, 2010.
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