Wetlands provide a range of environmental, cultural and economic values, however, despite
this they continue to be degraded and destroyed at an alarming rate. As a result, protection …

Land use change can greatly affect the carbon balance for both terrestrial ecosystems and
anthropogenic carbon emissions. However,“physical-social” integrated carbon balance …

Asian megacities have attracted much scientific attention in the context of global
urbanization, but few quantitative studies analyze wetland transformation in the rural–urban …

Climate change and anthropogenic disturbances are altering global lake-wetlands (LWs)
and their ecosystem services (ESs), posing a threat to sustainable development …

Urbanization is causing profound changes in ecosystem functions at local and regional
scales. The net primary productivity (NPP) is an important indicator of global change, rapid …

Against a background of an escalating world population, there are now more people living in
urban environments than elsewhere. While historically urban households have …

Threatened species lists are used at global, national and regional scales to identify species
at risk of extinction. Many species are listed due to restricted population size or geographic …

Providing garden water sources (eg, ponds, bird baths) has become a popular and strongly
promoted form of wildlife-friendly gardening, yet evidence of their use by animals is scarce …

Invasive plants are a threat to natural ecosystems worldwide, with urban wetlands being
some of the most susceptible and highly modified environments of all. The tiger snake …

Mangroves harbor mosquitoes capable of transmitting human pathogens; consequently,
urban mangrove management must strike a balance between conservation and minimizing …