Are street trees friendly to biodiversity?
Urban areas are home to more than half the world's population, but also habitats for a wide
range of plant and animal species. While street trees in urban areas have been recognized …
range of plant and animal species. While street trees in urban areas have been recognized …
Ecological disequilibrium drives insect pest and pathogen accumulation in non-native trees
Non-native trees have become dominant components of many landscapes, including urban
ecosystems, commercial forestry plantations, fruit orchards and as invasives in natural …
ecosystems, commercial forestry plantations, fruit orchards and as invasives in natural …
[HTML][HTML] Urbanization as a disrupter and facilitator of insect herbivore behaviors and life cycles
L Schmitt, KT Burghardt - Current Opinion in Insect Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Behavior drives insect herbivore performance but is understudied in urban
areas.•Urbanization can facilitate or disrupt timing and location of behaviors and life …
areas.•Urbanization can facilitate or disrupt timing and location of behaviors and life …
Exotic trees contribute to urban forest diversity and ecosystem services in inner-city Cleveland, OH
Vacant land, a product of population and economic decline resulting in abandonment of
infrastructure, has increased substantially in shrinking cities around the world. In Cleveland …
infrastructure, has increased substantially in shrinking cities around the world. In Cleveland …
Contrasting effects of tree origin and urbanization on invertebrate abundance and tree phenology
JK Jensen, S Jayousi, M von Post… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The ongoing wide‐scale introduction of nonnative plants across the world may negatively
influence native invertebrate fauna, due to a lack of coevolved traits related to the novel …
influence native invertebrate fauna, due to a lack of coevolved traits related to the novel …
Beneficial effects of native broadleaved forests on canopy beetle diversity are not reduced by admixture of non‐native conifers
Biodiversity loss and vast forest diebacks due to climate change‐induced disturbances
require adapted forest management strategies that reconcile economic interests and …
require adapted forest management strategies that reconcile economic interests and …
Introduction of non‐native Douglas fir reduces leaf damage on beech saplings and mature trees in European beech forests
D Matevski, E Foltran, N Lamersdorf… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Recent ecological research suggests that, in general, mixtures are more resistant to insect
herbivores and pathogens than monocultures. However, we know little about mixtures with …
herbivores and pathogens than monocultures. However, we know little about mixtures with …
Introduced plants reduce species interactions
This study compares caterpillar communities (Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera sawflies) in
agricultural hedgerows dominated by aggressive non-native plants (novel hedgerows) and …
agricultural hedgerows dominated by aggressive non-native plants (novel hedgerows) and …
Diversity and composition of herbaceous angiosperms along gradients of elevation and forest-use intensity
Terrestrial herbs are important elements of tropical forests; however, there is a lack of
research on their diversity patterns and how they respond to different intensities of forest …
research on their diversity patterns and how they respond to different intensities of forest …
An Evaluation of Studies on the Potential Threats Contributing to the Decline of Eastern Migratory North American Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus)
AAE Wilcox, DTT Flockhart, AEM Newman… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The migratory monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) of eastern North America have
undergone large-scale declines, which may be attributable to a variety of underlying causes …
undergone large-scale declines, which may be attributable to a variety of underlying causes …