Buxton Rachel T, Hudgins Emma J, Lavigne Eric, Villeneuve Paul J, Prince Stephanie A, Pearson Amber L, Halsall Tanya, Robichaud Courtney, Bennett Joseph R
Department of Biology and Institute of Environmental and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON Canada.
School of Agriculture, Food, and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC Australia.
Commun Earth Environ. 2024;5(1):310. doi: 10.1038/s43247-024-01482-9. Epub 2024 Jun 11.
Cities concentrate problems that affect human well-being and biodiversity. Exploring the link between mental health and biodiversity can inform more holistic public health and urban planning. Here we examined associations between bird and tree species diversity estimates from eBird community science datasets and national forest inventories with self-rated mental health metrics from the Canadian Community Health Survey. We linked data across 36 Canadian Metropolitan Areas from 2007-2022 at a postal code level. After controlling for covariates, we found that bird and tree species diversity were significantly positively related to good self-reported mental health. Living in a postal code with bird diversity one standard deviation higher than the mean increased reporting of good mental health by 6.64%. Postal codes with tree species richness one standard deviation more than the mean increased reporting of good mental health by 5.36%. Our results suggest that supporting healthy urban ecosystems may also benefit human well-being.
城市集中了影响人类福祉和生物多样性的问题。探索心理健康与生物多样性之间的联系可以为更全面的公共卫生和城市规划提供信息。在这里，我们研究了来自eBird社区科学数据集和国家森林清单的鸟类和树种多样性估计值与加拿大社区健康调查中的自评心理健康指标之间的关联。我们在邮政编码层面将2007年至2022年期间加拿大36个大都市区的数据进行了关联。在控制了协变量之后，我们发现鸟类和树种多样性与自我报告的良好心理健康显著正相关。生活在鸟类多样性比平均水平高一个标准差的邮政编码区域，报告良好心理健康的比例增加了6.64%。树种丰富度比平均水平多一个标准差的邮政编码区域，报告良好心理健康的比例增加了5.36%。我们的结果表明，支持健康的城市生态系统可能也有益于人类福祉。
