Functional traits have been proposed as a more mechanistic way than species data alone to
connect biodiversity to ecosystem processes and function in ecological research. Recently …

Urbanisation is a leading process on the Globe causing a massive loss of natural habitats. In
parallel variety of habitats were created in urban environments, which may also support …

Most ecological studies use remote sensing to analyze broad‐scale biodiversity patterns,
focusing mainly on taxonomic diversity in natural landscapes. One of the most important …

Plants cultivated in gardens, parks and streetscapes are becoming increasingly important to
peoples' experience of biological life, and have been the recent focus of research in …

In cities, humans directly and indirectly affect plant and wildlife communities. These human–
species interactions are not included in traditional ecological approaches used to …

Changes in land use, land cover, and land management present some of the greatest
potential global environmental challenges of the 21st century. Urbanization, one of the …

Urbanization is a widespread and rapidly growing threat to biodiversity, therefore we need a
predictive understanding of its effects on species and ecosystem processes. In this paper we …

Ensuring bird diversity can secure key ecosystem services within cities. Building ecological
corridors into urban planning is an effective way to protect urban birds, but existing corridor …

Despite the appearance of an enormous number of publications about urban ecology and
species diversity, many issues are simply opened up rather than explained. The ecological …

As human populations increasingly live in cities, urban floras and the ecosystem services
they provide are under increasing threat. Understanding the effects of urbanization on plants …