Can we integrate ecological approaches to improve plant selection for green infrastructure?

C Farrell, SJ Livesley, SK Arndt, L Beaumont… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

[HTML][HTML] The significance of tree-tree interactions for forest ecosystem functioning

S Trogisch, X Liu, G Rutten, K Xue, J Bauhus… - Basic and Applied …, 2021 - Elsevier
Global change exposes forest ecosystems to many risks including novel climatic conditions,
increased frequency of climatic extremes and sudden emergence and spread of pests and …

Species richness stabilizes productivity via asynchrony and drought-tolerance diversity in a large-scale tree biodiversity experiment

F Schnabel, X Liu, M Kunz, KE Barry, FJ Bongers… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Extreme climatic events threaten forests and their climate mitigation potential globally.
Understanding the drivers promoting ecosystem stability is therefore considered crucial for …

Differential air temperature cooling performance of urban vegetation types in the tropics

DR Richards, TK Fung, RN Belcher… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
The tendency for cities to be warmer than surrounding rural areas, known as the urban heat
island effect, has become a matter of increasing concern, particularly in regions with a hot …

Synthesis and future research directions linking tree diversity to growth, survival, and damage in a global network of tree diversity experiments

JJ Grossman, M Vanhellemont, N Barsoum… - Environmental and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite considerable research demonstrating that biodiversity increases productivity in
forests and regulates herbivory and pathogen damage, there remain gaps in our …

Neighbourhood diversity mitigates drought impacts on tree growth

A Fichtner, F Schnabel, H Bruelheide, M Kunz… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity is considered to mitigate detrimental impacts of climate change on the
functioning of forest ecosystems, such as drought‐induced decline in forest productivity …

Quantifying street tree regulating ecosystem services using Google Street View

DR Richards, PJ Edwards - Ecological indicators, 2017 - Elsevier
The urban heat island is a particular challenge for tropical cities, which receive year-round
high inputs of solar radiation. Plants can help mitigate elevated urban temperatures by …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying leaf-trait co-variation and strategies for ecosystem functioning of Quercus leucotrichophora (Ban Oak) forest in Himalaya

R Singh, M Rawat, R Pandey - Ecological Indicators, 2023 - Elsevier
Leaf functional traits determine a plant's survival and growth. Variation in leaf traits control
the functioning of forest ecosystem. The study examines the variation in 18 leaf traits (4 …

Coping with extremes: Responses of Quercus robur L. and Fagus sylvatica L. to soil drought and elevated vapour pressure deficit

M Niemczyk, P Wrzesiński, I Szyp-Borowska… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change, particularly droughts and heat waves, significantly impacts global
photosynthesis and forest ecosystem sustainability. To understand how trees respond to and …

Leaf morphology of 40 evergreen and deciduous broadleaved subtropical tree species and relationships to functional ecophysiological traits

W Kröber, H Heklau, H Bruelheide - Plant Biology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
We explored potential of morphological and anatomical leaf traits for predicting
ecophysiological key functions in subtropical trees. We asked whether the ecophysiological …