Big thank you to my postdoctoral advisors @odedberger-tal.bsky.social and @uriroll.bsky.social, as well as a wonderful team including @constantiro.bsky.social, Krista Oswald, Kevin Gaston, and Adewale Awoyemi for thinking through these ideas collectively! (4/4)

These patterns have concerning implications if solutions (or aesthetics) from temperate cities are used, without considering local ecological contexts and appropriate biodiversity metrics in dryland cities. Though, dryland cities remain vastly understudied, especially in lower-income countries.(3/4)

Species richness patterns can mask important differences in species composition. Specifically in drylands, greenspaces may benefit non-native species while gray- and yellowspaces differentially benefit native species. Socioeconomic factors can exacerbate these impacts within and across cities. (2/4)