Research agenda on biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services in European cities

Response of bats and nocturnal insects to urban green areas in Europe

(2021) Lucía Villarroya-Villalba et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

The origin of urban communities: From the regional species pool to community assemblages in city

(2020) Bertrand Fournier et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Assessing the emergence of pro-biodiversity practices in citizen scientists of a backyard butterfly survey

(2020) Nicolas Deguines et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Linking traits of invasive plants with ecosystem services and disservices

(2020) Marija Milanović et al.   Ecosystem Services

Using green to cool the grey: Modelling the cooling effect of green spaces with a high spatial resolution

(2020) Filipa Grilo et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Isoprenoid and aromatic compound emissions in relation to leaf structure, plant growth form and species ecology in 45 East-Asian urban subtropical woody species

(2020) Yali Yuan et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

The importance of urban natural areas and urban ecosystem services during the COVID-19 pandemic

(2020) Nelson Grima et al.   PLoS One

Urban Biodiversity and the Importance of Scale

(2020) Kenta Uchida et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

This town ain't big enough for both of us…or is it? Spatial co-occurrence between exotic and native species in an urban reserve

(2019) Gonzalo A. Ramírez-Cruz et al.   PLoS One

Should I stay or Should I go? Modelling the fluxes of urban residents to visit green spaces

(2019) Ana Catarina Luz et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

A systems approach reveals urban pollinator hotspots and conservation opportunities

(2019) Katherine C. R. Baldock et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Residential green space in childhood is associated with lower risk of psychiatric disorders from adolescence into adulthood

(2019) Kristine Engemann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Citizen science observations reveal rapid, multi-decadal ecosystem changes in eastern Long Island Sound

(2019) Jacob T. Snyder et al.   MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Greening in style: Urban form, architecture and the structure of front and backyard vegetation

(2019) Alessandro Ossola et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Short-term climate-induced change in French plant communities

(2019) Gabrielle Martin et al.   Biology Letters

Direct and indirect effects of urban gardening on aboveground and belowground diversity influencing soil multifunctionality

(2019) Simon Tresch et al.   Scientific Reports

Reduced resilience as an early warning signal of forest mortality

(2019) Yanlan Liu et al.   Nature Climate Change

The urban imprint on plant phenology

(2019) Georg Wohlfahrt et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Exploring temporal dynamics of urban ecosystem services in Latin America: The case of Bogota (Colombia) and Santiago (Chile)

(2018) Cynnamon Dobbs et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Ecosystem services: Urban parks under a magnifying glass

(2018) Teresa Mexia et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Fostering close encounters of the entomological kind

(2018) Nicolas Deguines et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Nature, extent and ecological implications of night-time light from road vehicles

(2018) Kevin J. Gaston et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Species turnover promotes the importance of bee diversity for crop pollination at regional scales

(2018) Rachael Winfree et al.   SCIENCE

Assessing nature's contributions to people

(2018) Sandra Díaz et al.   SCIENCE

The added value of public participation GIS (PPGIS) for urban green infrastructure planning

(2018) Emily Rall et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Trait-dependent tolerance of bats to urbanization: a global meta-analysis

(2018) Kirsten Jung et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Effects of garden management practices, by different types of gardeners, on human wellbeing and ecological and soil sustainability in Swiss cities

(2018) Robert Home et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Handbook for the measurement of macrofungal functional traits; a start with basidiomycete wood fungi

(2018) Samantha Katherine Dawson et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Litter decomposition driven by soil fauna, plant diversity and soil management in urban gardens

(2018) Simon Tresch et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Urbanization drives community shifts towards thermophilic and dispersive species at local and landscape scales

(2017) Elena Piano et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Artificial light at night as a new threat to pollination

(2017) Eva Knop et al.   NATURE

Biodiversity and ecosystem services in urban green infrastructure planning: A case study from the metropolitan area of Rome (Italy)

(2017) Giulia Capotorti et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Relative importance of the land-use composition and intensity for the bird community composition in anthropogenic landscapes

(2017) Vincent Pellissier et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Understanding biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships in urban areas: A comprehensive literature review

(2017) Nina Schwarz et al.   Ecosystem Services

Urban green space availability in European cities

(2016) Nadja Kabisch et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Hierarchical filters determine community assembly of urban species pools

(2016) Myla F. J. Aronson et al.   ECOLOGY

Multidimensional biases, gaps and uncertainties in global plant occurrence information

(2016) Carsten Meyer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Evaluating green infrastructure in urban environments using a multi-taxa and functional diversity approach

(2016) Pedro Pinho et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

Functional traits of urban trees: air pollution mitigation potential

(2016) Rüdiger Grote et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits

(2016) Marco Moretti et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Confounding effects of spatial variation on shifts in phenology

(2016) Charlotte W. de Keyzer et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Exotic or not, leaf trait dissimilarity modulates the effect of dominant species on mixed litter decomposition

(2016) Genevieve E. Finerty et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Integrating multiple elements of environmental justice into urban blue space planning using public participation geographic information systems

(2016) Christopher M. Raymond et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

The importance of urban gardens in supporting children's biophilia

(2016) Kathryn L. Hand et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ecological consequences of human niche construction: Examining long-term anthropogenic shaping of global species distributions

(2016) Nicole L. Boivin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Using green infrastructure for urban climate-proofing: An evaluation of heat mitigation measures at the micro-scale

(2016) Teresa Zölch et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Active citizenship for urban green infrastructure: fostering the diversity and dynamics of citizen contributions through mosaic governance

(2016) Arjen E Buijs et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Urban phenological studies – Past, present, future

(2015) Susanne Jochner et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Effect of tree planting design and tree species on human thermal comfort in the tropics

(2015) Loyde Vieira de Abreu-Harbich et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Effects of habitat structure, human disturbance, and habitat connectivity on urban forest bird communities

(2015) Wanmo Kang et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Empirical PPGIS/PGIS mapping of ecosystem services: A review and evaluation

(2015) Greg Brown et al.   Ecosystem Services

A review of urban ecosystem services: six key challenges for future research

(2015) Christopher Luederitz et al.   Ecosystem Services

Adding ecological value to the urban lawnscape. Insect abundance and diversity in grass-free lawns

(2014) Lionel S. Smith et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Applying trait-based models to achieve functional targets for theory-driven ecological restoration

(2014) Daniel C. Laughlin   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Lichens as ecological indicators in urban areas: beyond the effects of pollutants

(2014) Silvana Munzi et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers

(2014) M. F. J. Aronson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Statistical solutions for error and bias in global citizen science datasets

(2013) Tomas J. Bird et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

An experimental framework to identify community functional components driving ecosystem processes and services delivery

(2013) André T. C. Dias et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Methods for identifying land use conflict potential using participatory mapping

(2013) Greg Brown et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

A review and application of the evidence for nitrogen impacts on ecosystem services

(2013) L. Jones et al.   Ecosystem Services

Microfragmentation concept explains non-positive environmental heterogeneity–diversity relationships

(2012) Lauri Laanisto et al.   OECOLOGIA

Urban ecosystem services: tree diversity and stability of tropospheric ozone removal

(2011) Fausto Manes et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

How fundamental plant functional trait relationships scale-up to trade-offs and synergies in ecosystem services

(2011) Sandra Lavorel et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services

(2011) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

Time for a change: dynamic urban ecology

(2011) Cristina E. Ramalho et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Assessing citizen science data quality: an invasive species case study

(2011) Alycia W. Crall et al.   Conservation Letters

A new dawn for citizen science

(2009) Jonathan Silvertown   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Causes of change in nitrophytic and oligotrophic lichen species in a Mediterranean climate: Impact of land cover and atmospheric pollutants

(2008) P. Pinho et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION