Plant population success across urban ecosystems: A framework to inform biodiversity conservation in cities

I Kowarik, M von der Lippe - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In a rapidly urbanising world, the ability of plant species to survive and build self‐sustaining
populations in urban environments is increasingly important for biodiversity conservation …

Fine-scale monitoring and mapping of biodiversity and ecosystem services reveals multiple synergies and few tradeoffs in urban green space management

JA Belaire, C Higgins, D Zoll, K Lieberknecht… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Urban watersheds can play a critical role in supporting biodiversity and ecosystem services
in a rapidly changing world. However, managing for multiple environmental and social …

Urbanization promotes non-native woody species and diverse plant assemblages in the New York metropolitan region

MFJ Aronson, SN Handel, IP La Puma, SE Clemants - Urban Ecosystems, 2015 - Springer
The rapid urbanization of the world has significant ecological consequences that shape
global biodiversity patterns. The plant communities now common in urban centers may …

Urbanization drives an early spring for plants but not for pollinators

A Fisogni, N Hautekèete, Y Piquot, M Brun… - Oikos, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization is one of the major threats to wild plants and pollinators, and its global increase
demands a better understanding of the mechanism driving its negative impact. Urban …

[PDF][PDF] Patterns and trends in urban biodiversity and landscape design

N Müller, M Ignatieva, CH Nilon, P Werner… - … and opportunities: a …, 2013 - library.oapen.org
Urbanization destroys or modifies native habitats and creates new ones with its
infrastructure. Because of these changes, urban landscapes favor non-native and native …

The origin of urban communities: From the regional species pool to community assemblages in city

B Fournier, D Frey, M Moretti - Journal of Biogeography, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Cities worldwide are characterized by unique human stressors that filter species based
on their traits, potentially leading to biodiversity loss. The knowledge of which species are …

An urban biodiversity assessment framework that combines an urban habitat classification scheme and citizen science data

E Li, SS Parker, GB Pauly, JM Randall… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
A lack of information about urban habitats, and a lack of professionally-collected species
occurrence data are often cited as major impediments to completing bioassessments in …

Untangling the role of urban ecosystems as habitats for endangered plant species

G Planchuelo, M von Der Lippe, I Kowarik - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2019 - Elsevier
As urbanization accelerates globally, a better understanding of how cities contribute to
biodiversity conservation is increasingly pressing. Previous studies reveal that cities can …

Urbanization is associated with divergence in pace-of-life in great tits

A Charmantier, V Demeyrier, M Lambrechts… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
As an extension of the classic life history theory, the recently highlighted pace-of-life
syndrome hypothesis predicts the coevolution of behavioral, physiological and life-history …

[PDF][PDF] Destruction of urban green spaces: A problem beyond urbanization in Kumasi city (Ghana)

CA Mensah - American Journal of Environmental Protection, 2014 - academia.edu
Urbanization remains a single predominant factor that is continuously linked to the
destruction of urban green spaces. This has created a knowledge gap of limited attention to …