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DM); seven were excluded primarily because they did not assess biodiversity,
mental health, mental well-being, physical activity or social cohesion. In total, 16
articles were identified (see TableÂ
9.1).
9.2.2 Characteristics of theÂ
Recent Literature
To describe the recently published literature on biodiversity and mental health and
well-being, a standardised data extraction form was used to record relevant informa-
tion from the 16 studies: country of origin, participants, theoretical position, biodi-
versity indicators, outcome measures, contact with biodiverse environment,
moderators, mediators and results.
Biodiversity indicators were classified on the basis of biodiversity levels identi-
fied by Botzat et al. (2016) – namely, ecosystems/habitats (e.g. parks, forests); spe-
cies communities (e.g. plants, birds, butterflies); or single species. Within the species
community level, both species richness (e.g. the number of different bird species)
and abundance of a specific taxonomic group irrespective of species (e.g. the num-
ber of all birds) were identified. Both variables have been shown to have differential
effects (Hedblom et al. 2017). Abundance may be more important to mental health
or mental well-being than the number of different species (Dallimer etÂ
al. 2012).
Fig. 9.1 Process of literature review and identified relevant articles
9 Review of the Mental Health and Well-being Benefits of Biodiversity
Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change
- Title
- Biodiversity and Health in the Face of Climate Change
- Authors
- Melissa Marselle
- Jutta Stadler
- Horst Korn
- Katherine Irvine
- Aletta Bonn
- Publisher
- Springer Open
- Date
- 2019
- Language
- English
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- ISBN
- 978-3-030-02318-8
- Size
- 15.5 x 24.0 cm
- Pages
- 508
- Keywords
- Environment, Environmental health, Applied ecology, Climate change, Biodiversity, Public health, Regional planning, Urban planning
- Categories
- Naturwissenschaften Umwelt und Klima