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 areas confront a number of environmental issues including excessive thermal stress
and concentrated emissions of greenhouse gases and pollutants. In past decades, many …

Aims (a) To disentangle the global patterns of native and alien plant diversity on coastal
sand dune ecosystems across habitats and floristic kingdoms;(b) to determine the main …

The distribution pattern of species diversity along various elevation gradients reflects the
biological and ecological characteristics of species, distribution status and adaptability to the …

Compared to the suspended culture (sludge) of a conventional bioreactor, hybrid membrane
bioreactors (HMBRs) are more effective at removing pollutants owing to the addition of fillers …

Urbanization directly and indirectly impacts biodiversity to the extent that it is considered one
of the main causes of biotic homogenization and extinction. However, urban green areas …

Invasive Alien Species (IAS) are a serious threat to biodiversity, severely affecting natural
habitats and species assemblages. However, no consistent empirical evidence emerged on …

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are the main causative agents of membrane
fouling, and the use of a hybrid membrane bioreactor (HMBR) can mitigate this by reducing …

Urban forest ecosystems, the structure, and functions therein are subjected to anthropogenic
disturbances. Native and sensitive species from those forests might be lost due to such …

Biological invasions are deemed to be the second most important global driver of
biodiversity loss, right behind habitat destruction and fragmentation. In this study, we aimed …