The role of ‘nativeness’ in urban greening to support animal biodiversity

Effects of native and exotic congeners on diversity of invertebrate natural enemies, available spider biomass, and pest control services in residential landscapes

(2020) Sarah E. Parsons et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

A botanic garden as a tool to combine public perception of nature and life-science investigations on native/exotic plants interactions with local pollinators

(2020) Manuela Giovanetti et al.   PLoS One

The importance of street trees to urban avifauna

(2020) Eric M. Wood et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Revegetation of urban green space rewilds soil microbiotas with implications for human health and urban design

(2020) Jacob G. Mills et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Designing wildlife-inclusive cities that support human-animal co-existence

(2020) Beate Apfelbeck et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Tropical urban areas support highly diverse plant-pollinator interactions: An assessment from Brazil

(2020) Viviany Teixeira Nascimento et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Patterns in urban butterflies and spontaneous plants across a University campus in Japan

(2019) Mayuko Kurashina et al.   PAN-PACIFIC ENTOMOLOGIST

Non-native species dominate herpetofaunal community patterns in both native and non-native habitat patches in urban Miami-Dade County

(2019) Stephanie L. Clements et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

When cities are the last chance for saving species

(2019) Kylie Soanes et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Towards an Integrative, Eco-Evolutionary Understanding of Ecological Novelty: Studying and Communicating Interlinked Effects of Global Change

(2019) Tina Heger et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Quantifying the attractiveness of garden flowers for pollinators

(2019) Rosi Rollings et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Urban green spaces as potential habitats for introducing a native endangered plant, Calycanthus chinensis

(2019) Kaixuan Pan et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

What kind of flowering plants are attractive for bumblebees in urban green areas?

(2019) Aneta Sikora et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Which Taxa Are Alien? Criteria, Applications, and Uncertainties

(2018) Franz Essl et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Grappling with the social dimensions of novel ecosystems

(2018) Anna C Backstrom et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Urban nectarivorous bird communities in Cape Town, South Africa, are structured by ecological generalisation and resource distribution

(2018) Anina Coetzee et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Assessment of urban green space structures and their quality from a multidimensional perspective

(2018) Benjamin Daniels et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Are Urban Vertebrates City Specialists, Artificial Habitat Exploiters, or Environmental Generalists?

(2018) Simon Ducatez et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Non-native plants are a seasonal pollen source for native honeybees in suburban ecosystems

(2018) Asuka Koyama et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Quantifying bee assemblages and attractiveness of flowering woody landscape plants for urban pollinator conservation

(2018) Bernadette M. Mach et al.   PLoS One

Evaluating the dependence of urban pollinators on ornamental, non-native, and ‘weedy’ floral resources

(2018) David M. Lowenstein et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Biodiversity in the city: key challenges for urban green space management

(2017) Myla FJ Aronson et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Increasing biodiversity in urban green spaces through simple vegetation interventions

(2017) Caragh G. Threlfall et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Human-biodiversity interactions in urban parks: The species level matters

(2017) Julia Palliwoda et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Street trees reduce the negative effects of urbanization on birds

(2017) João Carlos de Castro Pena et al.   PLoS One

Biodiversity Sensitive Urban Design

(2017) Georgia E. Garrard et al.   Conservation Letters

Patterns of pollinator turnover and increasing diversity associated with urban habitats

(2017) Kyle T. Martins et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Urban bird community composition influenced by size of urban green spaces, presence of native forest, and urbanization

(2017) Svein Dale   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Landscaping with native plants in the UAE: A review

(2017) Hasnain Alam et al.   Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Bee Fauna and Floral Abundance Within Lawn-Dominated Suburban Yards in Springfield, MA

(2016) S.B. Lerman et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

INCREASED POLLINATOR ACTIVITY IN URBAN GARDENS WITH MORE NATIVE FLORA

(2016) J. FUKASE   APPLIED ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Flower specialization of butterflies and impacts of non-native flower use in a transformed tropical landscape

(2016) Anuj Jain et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Phylogenetic ecology and the greening of cities

(2016) James S. MacIvor et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Approaches to urban vegetation management and the impacts on urban bird and bat assemblages

(2016) Caragh G. Threlfall et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Patterns of Bat Distribution and Foraging Activity in a Highly Urbanized Temperate Environment

(2016) Jennifer J. Krauel et al.   PLoS One

Diversification of the urban forest—Can we afford to exclude exotic tree species?

(2016) Henrik Sjöman et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Seeking International Agreement on What it Means To be “Native”

(2016) James J. Gilroy et al.   Conservation Letters

Do Indigenous Street Trees Promote More Biodiversity than Alien Ones? Evidence Using Mistletoes and Birds in South Africa

(2016) Charlie Shackleton   Forests

The influence of small urban parks characteristics on bird diversity: A case study of Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

(2016) Zanariah Jasmani et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Bee-friendly community gardens: Impact of environmental variables on the richness and abundance of exotic and native bees

(2016) James C. Makinson et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

The conservation value of urban green space habitats for Australian native bee communities

(2015) Caragh G. Threlfall et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Opportunities for improving the foraging potential of urban waterways for bats

(2015) Paul R. Lintott et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

What constitutes a ‘native’ species? Insights from the Quaternary faunal record

(2015) Jennifer J. Crees et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Biodiversity in cities needs space: a meta-analysis of factors determining intra-urban biodiversity variation

(2015) Joscha Beninde et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Cities are hotspots for threatened species

(2015) Christopher D. Ives et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

Planning for cooler cities: A framework to prioritise green infrastructure to mitigate high temperatures in urban landscapes

(2015) Briony A. Norton et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Exotic trees can sustain native birds in urban woodlands

(2015) Emily R. Gray et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Going native? Flower use by bumblebees in English urban gardens

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

Response of avian communities to invasive vegetation in urban forest fragments

(2014) Sarah C. Schneider et al.   CONDOR

FORUM: Do green roofs help urban biodiversity conservation?

(2014) Nicholas S. G. Williams et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

‘There's a meadow outside my workplace’: A phenomenological exploration of aesthetics and green roofs in Chicago and Toronto

(2014) Angela Loder   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Plant selection method for urban landscapes of semi-arid cities (a case study of Tehran)

(2014) Morteza Asgarzadeh et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Habitat associations of birds of prey in urban business parks

(2014) Jonathan R. Hogg et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Native plants are the bee’s knees: local and landscape predictors of bee richness and abundance in backyard gardens

(2014) Gabriella L. Pardee et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Straddling the divide: den use by brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) in urban parklands

(2014) Susan M. Carthew et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Plant origin asymmetrically impacts feeding guilds and life stages driving community structure of herbivorous arthropods

(2013) Karin T. Burghardt et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

The effect of plant richness and urban garden structure on bird species richness, diversity and community structure

(2013) Yair Paker et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Patterns in bat functional guilds across multiple urban centres in south-eastern Australia

(2013) Gary W. Luck et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Comparison of root-associated communities of native and non-native ectomycorrhizal hosts in an urban landscape

(2013) K. Lothamer et al.   MYCORRHIZA

The influence of native versus exotic streetscape vegetation on the spatial distribution of birds in suburbs and reserves

(2012) Karen Ikin et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Changes in bird species richness through different levels of urbanization: Implications for biodiversity conservation and garden design in Central Brazil

(2012) Elivânia Reis et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Large trees are keystone structures in urban parks

(2012) Karen Stagoll et al.   Conservation Letters

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

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

London Plane Tree bioaerosol exposure and allergic sensitization in Sydney, Australia

(2011) Jason K. Sercombe et al.   ANNALS OF ALLERGY ASTHMA & IMMUNOLOGY

Urban biodiversity: patterns and mechanisms

(2011) Stanley H. Faeth et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

The Potential Conservation Value of Non-Native Species

(2011) MARTIN A. SCHLAEPFER et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Rapid global change: implications for defining natives and aliens

(2011) Bruce L. Webber et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Proximity to source populations and untidy gardens predict occurrence of a small lizard in an urban area

(2011) Yolanda van Heezik et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Don't judge species on their origins

(2011) Mark A. Davis et al.   NATURE

Insects on urban plants: contrasting the flower head feeding assemblages on native and exotic hosts

(2011) Paula Perre et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Fruit quantity of invasive shrubs predicts the abundance of common native avian frugivores in central Pennsylvania

(2010) Jason M. Gleditsch et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

What makes an urban bird?

(2010) KARL L. EVANS et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Small scale additions of native plants fail to increase beneficial insect richness in urban gardens

(2010) KEVIN C. MATTESON et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

Multi-scaled habitat considerations for conserving urban biodiversity: native reptiles and small mammals in Brisbane, Australia

(2010) Jenni G. Garden et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Plant Species and Functional Group Combinations Affect Green Roof Ecosystem Functions

(2010) Jeremy Lundholm et al.   PLoS One

Interrelationship of birds and habitat features in urban greenspaces in Delhi, India

(2009) N. Khera et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Impact of Native Plants on Bird and Butterfly Biodiversity in Suburban Landscapes

(2008) KARIN T. BURGHARDT et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Importance of eucalypts in exploitation of urban parks by Rainbow and Musk Lorikeets

(2008) Justine Smith et al.   EMU

Diversity of native and exotic birds across an urban gradient in a New Zealand city

(2008) Yolanda van Heezik et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Relation between habitat attributes and bird richness in a western Mexico suburb

(2007) Ian MacGregor-Fors   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING