Green infrastructure and ecosystem services – is the devil in the detail?

Relative importance of transpiration rate and leaf morphological traits for the regulation of leaf temperature

(2016) Madalena Vaz Monteiro et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Micrometeorological simulations to predict the impacts of heat mitigation strategies on pedestrian thermal comfort in a Los Angeles neighborhood

(2016) Mohammad Taleghani et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Street Orientation and Side of the Street Greatly Influence the Microclimatic Benefits Street Trees Can Provide in Summer

(2016) Ruzana Sanusi et al.   JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Perception and preference of trees: A psychological contribution to tree species selection in urban areas

(2016) Tina Gerstenberg et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Children and nearby nature: A nationwide parental survey from Norway

(2016) V. Gundersen et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

A Hedera green façade – Energy performance and saving under different maritime-temperate, winter weather conditions

(2015) Ross W.F. Cameron et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

EDITOR'S CHOICE: Enhancing gardens as habitats for flower-visiting aerial insects (pollinators): should we plant native or exotic species?

(2015) Andrew Salisbury et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Green roof plant species diversity improves ecosystem multifunctionality

(2015) Jeremy T. Lundholm   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Reconceptualizing green infrastructure for climate change adaptation: Barriers to adoption and drivers for uptake by spatial planners

(2015) Tony Matthews et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Leaf trapping and retention of particles by holm oak and other common tree species in Mediterranean urban environments

(2015) Tijana Blanusa et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Defining and measuring the social-ecological quality of urban greenspace: a semi-systematic review

(2015) Ashlea J. Hunter et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Exploring connections among nature, biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human health and well-being: Opportunities to enhance health and biodiversity conservation

(2015) Paul A. Sandifer et al.   Ecosystem Services

Going native? Flower use by bumblebees in English urban gardens

(2014) Mick E. Hanley et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

The potential for indirect effects between co-flowering plants via shared pollinators depends on resource abundance, accessibility and relatedness

(2014) Luísa Gigante Carvalheiro et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Resources for British butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea). The alien consumer component and its significance for butterfly habitats

(2014) Peter B. HARDY et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Efficiency of parks in mitigating urban heat island effect: An example from Addis Ababa

(2014) Gudina Legese Feyisa et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Urban Tree Effects on Soil Organic Carbon

(2014) Jill L. Edmondson et al.   PLoS One

A comparison of the growth and cooling effectiveness of five commonly planted urban tree species

(2014) M. A. Rahman et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

What's ‘cool’ in the world of green façades? How plant choice influences the cooling properties of green walls

(2013) Ross W.F. Cameron et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Quantifying variation among garden plants in attractiveness to bees and other flower-visiting insects

(2013) Mihail Garbuzov et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Living roof preference is influenced by plant characteristics and diversity

(2013) Kate E. Lee et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Higher levels of multiple ecosystem services are found in forests with more tree species

(2013) Lars Gamfeldt et al.   Nature Communications

Urban particulate pollution reduction by four species of green roof vegetation in a UK city

(2012) A.F. Speak et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Finding a middle-ground: The native/non-native debate

(2012) Nancy Shackelford et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Alternatives to Sedum on green roofs: Can broad leaf perennial plants offer better ‘cooling service’?

(2012) Tijana Blanusa et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Classifying and valuing ecosystem services for urban planning

(2012) Erik Gómez-Baggethun et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

The effects of temperature on service employees' customer orientation: an experimental approach

(2012) Peter Kolb et al.   ERGONOMICS

The relationship between tree canopy and crime rates across an urban–rural gradient in the greater Baltimore region

(2012) Austin Troy et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Improving city life: options for ecological restoration in urban landscapes and how these might influence interactions between people and nature

(2012) Rachel J. Standish et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

The domestic garden – Its contribution to urban green infrastructure

(2012) Ross W.F. Cameron et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Urban biodiversity: comparison of insect assemblages on native and non-native trees

(2012) Alvin J. Helden et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Compounding crises of economic recession and food insecurity: a comparative study of three low-income communities in Santa Barbara County

(2011) Megan Carney   AGRICULTURE AND HUMAN VALUES

A Difference-in-Differences Analysis of Health, Safety, and Greening Vacant Urban Space

(2011) Charles C. Branas et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Leaf saturation isothermal remanent magnetization (SIRM) as a proxy for particulate matter monitoring: Inter-species differences and in-season variation

(2011) F. Kardel et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

The role of vegetation in regulating stormwater runoff from green roofs in a winter rainfall climate

(2011) Erin Schroll et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING

Flower morphophysiology of selected Lamiaceae species in relation to pollinator attraction

(2011) Marina Mačukanović-Jocić et al.   JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH

Amount of water runoff from different vegetation types on extensive green roofs: Effects of plant species, diversity and plant structure

(2011) Ayako Nagase et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services

(2011) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

Towards an assessment of multiple ecosystem processes and services via functional traits

(2010) Francesco de Bello et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Invasive Non-Native Species’ Provision of Refugia for Endangered Native Species

(2010) SATOSHI CHIBA   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Prevention of Catheter-Related Bacteremia with a Daily Ethanol Lock in Patients with Tunnelled Catheters: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial

(2010) Lennert Slobbe et al.   PLoS One

Challenges in integrating the concept of ecosystem services and values in landscape planning, management and decision making

(2009) R.S. de Groot et al.   Ecological Complexity

Towards an integrated understanding of green space in the European built environment

(2009) P. James et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Green space, soundscape and urban sustainability: an interdisciplinary, empirical study

(2009) Katherine N. Irvine et al.   Local Environment

Tamarix as Habitat for Birds: Implications for Riparian Restoration in the Southwestern United States

(2008) Mark K. Sogge et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Decline and Conservation of Bumble Bees

(2007) D. Goulson et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Effects of shelterbelt trees on reducing heating-energy consumption of office buildings in Scotland

(2007) Y. Liu et al.   APPLIED ENERGY

Variation among plant species in pollutant removal from stormwater in biofiltration systems

(2007) Jennifer Read et al.   WATER RESEARCH