"With increased development of the built environment, the natural landscape continues to be lost and along with it much of the habitat necessary for invertebrate survival. One way to remedy this problem is through the use of vegetated or green roofs. Vegetated roofs possess the potential to turn the sterile, impervious, and oftentimes unused environments of rooftops into viable habitats for invertebrates. This study attempted to determine exactly how successful green roofs are at creating invertebrate habitat for insects and spiders and to identify the characteristics associated with green roofs that make them successful for invertebrate establishment."--From abstract.
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