Green Roofs Wildlife Habitat

Green roofs benefit wildlife by increasing connectivity between urban habitat patches.

Green roofs wildlife habitat.

This has a positive effect on the diversity of mobile arthropods. However there are limitations in terms of replicating habitat at ground level. Even small green roofs help different types of creatures navigate the urban landscape and provide shelter or a place to rest. Research suggests that green roofs can contribute to bird species habitat even if the vegetation does not fulfill all habitat requirements.

This can help reduce the impact of urban sprawl on habitat loss and is a way to incorporate more nature into our concrete jungles. Green roofs serve several purposes for a building such as absorbing rainwater providing insulation creating a habitat for wildlife increasing benevolence and decreasing stress of the people around the roof by providing a more aesthetically pleasing landscape and helping to lower urban air temperatures and mitigate the heat island effect. In the first place green roofs are very stressed environments. Green roofs have potential to serve as habitats for wildlife.

Although advocates have said repeatedly that green roofs can be a source of habitat for wildlife there have been few studies and little data to back up these claims. They can partially fulfill the habitat requirements of some species in addition to restoring habitat connectivity for species like migrating birds 1.