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Dresden |
urban habitats
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Meadow with flowering chives (Allium
schoenoprasum) in the flood plain of the Elbe in the town centre of
Dresden. Here we have the very rare case where a river with its bank is
not degraded by hydraulic engineering, traffic or buildings in its whole
course through a big city. In the densely populated central Europe such
linear continuos structures are highly desirable because they contribute
to a coherent ecological network.
Even small urban habitats as extensively cultivated
meadows, gardens or parks as well as old walls or big trees etc. are
important because although they are isolated in the city they will be used
by certain species as so called stepping-stone habitats. Consequently they
also contribute to a larger ecological network.
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Nature Conservation Dresden will aquire urban habitats in order to
protect them from degradation or destruction. However this is difficult
because, usually, the price of land is high in bigger cities.
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