How should beta-diversity inform biodiversity conservation?

JB Socolar, JJ Gilroy, WE Kunin, DP Edwards - Trends in ecology & …, 2016 - cell.com
To design robust protected area networks, accurately measure species losses, or
understand the processes that maintain species diversity, conservation science must …

Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) beloved and despised: A story of an invasive tree in Central Europe

M Vítková, J Müllerová, J Sádlo, J Pergl… - Forest ecology and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Robinia pseudoacacia, invaded many countries a long time ago and is now a common part
of the Central European landscape. Positive economic but negative environmental impacts …

Non-native species in urban environments: patterns, processes, impacts and challenges

M Gaertner, JRU Wilson, MW Cadotte, JS MacIvor… - Biological …, 2017 - Springer
Although urban ecosystems are hotspots for biological invasions, the field of invasion
science has given scant attention to invasion dynamics and the challenges facing managers …

[HTML][HTML] Urbanization driving changes in plant species and communities–A global view

R de Barros Ruas, LMS Costa, F Bered - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
The urban landscape is becoming the environment most familiar to most of humanity, which
has consequences for society, the environment, and biodiversity. Here, we present a …

Urban wilderness: Supply, demand, and access

I Kowarik - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2018 - Elsevier
The concept of urban wilderness feels like a paradox since natural and urban environments
have long been viewed as antithetical. Today, however, wilderness is high on the urban …

Urban biodiversity, ecosystems and the city. Insights from 50 years of the Berlin School of urban ecology

I Kowarik - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2023 - Elsevier
In the face of accelerating urbanization, urban ecology is an important multidisciplinary
science for developing future cities, with roots in many fields of research. In light of the …

Biological Flora of the British Isles: Robinia pseudoacacia

A Cierjacks, I Kowarik, J Joshi, S Hempel… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
This account presents information on all aspects of the biology of R obinia pseudoacacia L.
that are relevant to understanding its ecological characteristics and behaviour. The main …

Biotic homogenisation and differentiation as directional change in beta diversity: synthesising driver–response relationships to develop conceptual models across …

RJ Rolls, DC Deane, SE Johnson, J Heino… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biotic homogenisation is defined as decreasing dissimilarity among ecological assemblages
sampled within a given spatial area over time. Biotic differentiation, in turn, is defined as …

How can wastelands promote biodiversity in cities? A review

S Bonthoux, M Brun, F Di Pietro, S Greulich… - Landscape and urban …, 2014 - Elsevier
Urbanisation leads to natural habitats being fragmented with various effects according to the
species and their ecological characteristics. Paradoxically, the urbanisation process creates …

[HTML][HTML] The Homogocene: a research prospectus for the study of biotic homogenisation

JD Olden, L Comte, X Giam - NeoBiota, 2018 - neobiota.pensoft.net
In an era of global change, the process of biotic homogenisation by which regional biotas
become more similar through time has attracted considerable attention from ecologists …