Societal Impact Statement Trees play a critical role for people and the planet. Numerous
studies have demonstrated that the presence of trees and urban nature can improve …

The classification of plant species as native or exotic has ramifications for how they are
treated within urban green space policy and practice. Green spaces are built or managed to …

Here we build on the manifesto 'World Scientists' Warning to Humanity, issued by the
Alliance of World Scientists. As a group of conservation biologists deeply concerned about …

Cities are rapidly expanding world‐wide and there is an increasing urgency to protect urban
biodiversity, principally through the provision of suitable habitat, most of which is in urban …

Modern cities are dominated by impervious surfaces that absorb, store and release heat in
summer, create large volumes of runoff and provide limited biodiversity habitat and poor air …

Common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) is a keystone tree species throughout temperate Europe
whose future existence is threatened by an emerging invasive fungal disease. Ash dieback …

Aim The process of urbanization can lead to specialist species being replaced by generalist
species in space and time, increasing similarity among bird communities. This phenomenon …

Urbanisation leads to natural habitats being fragmented with various effects according to the
species and their ecological characteristics. Paradoxically, the urbanisation process creates …

Despite documented intra-urban heterogeneity in the urban heat island (UHI) effect, little is
known about spatial or temporal variability in plant response to the UHI. Using an automated …

To balance the needs of people and biodiversity in cities, local governments are
increasingly incorporating green spaces and urban greening initiatives into urban planning …