[HTML][HTML] The effects of urbanisation on ecological interactions

P Theodorou - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Urban ecosystems are expanding worldwide with major effects on
biodiversity.•All species are embedded in various antagonistic and mutualistic interactions.• …

Supporting bees in cities: how bees are influenced by local and landscape features

AC Ayers, SM Rehan - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Cities are complex ecosystems that, while generally contributing to an
overall reduction in biodiversity, can support surprisingly unique communities of organisms …

Insect decline in the Anthropocene: Death by a thousand cuts

DL Wagner, EM Grames, ML Forister… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Nature is under siege. In the last 10,000 y the human population has grown from 1 million to
7.8 billion. Much of Earth's arable lands are already in agriculture (1), millions of acres of …

Impact of urban expansion on land surface temperature and carbon emissions using machine learning algorithms in Wuhan, China

M Zhang, AA Kafy, P Xiao, S Han, S Zou, M Saha… - Urban Climate, 2023 - Elsevier
The impact of the rapid expansion of urban land on the urban thermal environment and
carbon chain has attracted widespread attention. This paper uses artificial neural network …

Relationship of insect biomass and richness with land use along a climate gradient

J Uhler, S Redlich, J Zhang, T Hothorn… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Recently reported insect declines have raised both political and social concern. Although
the declines have been attributed to land use and climate change, supporting evidence …

Urbanisation drivers and underlying mechanisms of terrestrial insect diversity loss in cities

MS Fenoglio, A Calviño, E González… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
1. Urbanisation is one of the main land‐use changes behind global insect collapse. Despite
that previous studies have described the negative effects of urbanisation on insect …

The effects of urbanization on pollinators and pollination: A meta‐analysis

H Liang, YD He, P Theodorou, CF Yang - Ecology Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization is increasing worldwide, with major impacts on biodiversity, species
interactions and ecosystem functioning. Pollination is an ecosystem function vital for …

[HTML][HTML] Drivers of biochar-mediated improvement of soil water retention capacity based on soil texture: a meta-analysis

B Wei, Y Peng, L Lin, D Zhang, L Ma, L Jiang, Y Li… - Geoderma, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar has been widely applied as a soil modifier to improve the physical properties and
increase the water content of the soil. Although the response of soil hydrological properties …

The degree of urbanisation reduces wild bee and butterfly diversity and alters the patterns of flower-visitation in urban dry grasslands

J Herrmann, S Buchholz, P Theodorou - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Insect-provided pollination services are increasingly threatened due to alarming declines in
insect pollinator populations. One of the main threats to insect pollinators and consequently …

[HTML][HTML] Interval-valued Fermatean fuzzy heronian mean operator-based decision-making method for urban climate change policy for transportation activities

AR Mishra, P Rani, M Deveci, I Gokasar… - … Applications of Artificial …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate change affects the world. Due to excessive GHG emissions, urban transportation
contributes to this threat. Policymakers and authorities want to reduce transportation-related …