Author(s)

R. Stalter, A. Munir, E.E. Lamont & D. Kincaid

Abstract

Plant biodiversity in an urban wildlife refuge of New York City Richard Stalter, Affaf Munir, Eric E. Lament & Dwight Kincaid Department of Biological Sciences, St. John's University, New York, USA. Abstract Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, comprising 3,705 hectares, is part of a large National Park Unit, Gateway National Recreation Area, New York, New Jersey, USA. Gateway National Recreation Area was created by an act of Congress in 1972, to preserve the science, beauty, flora, fauna, and recreational opportunities of the estuaries and beaches in the New York City metropolitan area. Gateway is the United States' first urban national park. Urban and industrial developments have modified the natural environment by grading and filling, construction, pollution from biological and chemical contaminants and over harvesting or eradication of native plant species. Despite these impacts, the natural environment and many native plants have been remarkably preserved. Within the wildlife re

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