Effects of Urban Heat Islands on Temperate Forest Trees and Arthropods

Human health risks of invasive caterpillars increase with urban warming

(2021) Kristi Backe et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Oystershell scale: an emerging invasive threat to aspen in the southwestern US

(2021) Connor D. Crouch et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Urbanization extends flight phenology and leads to local adaptation of seasonal plasticity in Lepidoptera

(2021) Thomas Merckx et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Effects of urbanization-climate interactions on range expansion in the invasive European pavement ant

(2020) Marion Cordonnier et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Intraspecific variation in morphology, physiology, and ecology of wildtype relative to horticultural varieties of red maple (Acer rubrum)

(2020) Eleanor C. Lahr et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Can Cities Activate Sleeper Species and Predict Future Forest Pests? A Case Study of Scale Insects

(2020) Steven D. Frank et al.   Insects

Effects of vegetation on the spatial and temporal variation of microclimate in the urbanized Salt Lake Valley

(2020) Carolina Gómez-Navarro et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Not just urban: The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus, is invading forests in the Southeastern USA

(2019) Theodore A. Evans et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Urban heat islands advance the timing of reproduction in a social insect

(2019) Lacy D. Chick et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Caterpillar phenology predicts differences in timing of mountain chickadee breeding in urban and rural habitats

(2019) Adrianne C. Hajdasz et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Reduced thermal variability in cities and its impact on honey bee thermal tolerance

(2019) Karina Sánchez-Echeverría et al.   PeerJ

Evaluating urban heat island intensity and its associated determinants of towns and cities continuum in the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomerations

(2019) Yanwei Sun et al.   Sustainable Cities and Society

Thermal Tolerance of Gloomy Scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) in the Eastern United States

(2019) Michael G Just et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

White oak and red maple tree ring analysis reveals enhanced productivity in urban forest patches

(2019) Nancy F. Sonti et al.   FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT

Tree growth influenced by warming winter climate and summer moisture availability in northern temperate forests

(2019) Jill E. Harvey et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Impact of urbanization on abundance and phenology of caterpillars and consequences for breeding in an insectivorous bird

(2018) Gábor Seress et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Spatial and temporal patterns of microclimates at an urban forest edge and their management implications

(2018) Yingnan Li et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT

Reduced Urban Heat Island intensity under warmer conditions

(2018) Anna A Scott et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Water availability drives urban tree growth responses to herbivory and warming

(2018) Emily K. Meineke et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

‘Wild’ in the city context: Do relative wild areas offer opportunities for urban biodiversity?

(2018) Anke Müller et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Variation in photosynthesis and stomatal conductance among red maple (Acer rubrum) urban planted cultivars and wildtype trees in the southeastern United States

(2018) Eleanor C. Lahr et al.   PLoS One

The impact of urban forest structure and its spatial location on urban cool island intensity

(2018) Zhibin Ren et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Wild bee abundance declines with urban warming, regardless of floral density

(2018) April L. Hamblin et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Urban plants and climate drive unique arthropod interactions with unpredictable consequences

(2018) Adam G Dale et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Climate Change and Phenological Mismatch in Trophic Interactions Among Plants, Insects, and Vertebrates

(2018) Susanne S. Renner et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Urban forest fragments buffer trees from warming and pests

(2018) Lawrence C. Long 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

Heat tolerance predicts the importance of species interaction effects as the climate changes

(2017) Sarah E. Diamond et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Gradients of Atmospheric Temperature and Humidity Controlled by Local Urban Land-Use Intensity in Boston

(2017) J. A. Wang et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Tree survival and growth are impacted by increased surface temperature on paved land

(2017) Yuanyuan Chen et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

The surface urban heat island response to urban expansion: A panel analysis for the conterminous United States

(2017) Xiaoma Li et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Spatial and temporal variability of air temperature across urban neighborhoods with varying amounts of tree canopy

(2017) D.A. Howe et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Climate change and biological control: the consequences of increasing temperatures on host–parasitoid interactions

(2017) Michael J Furlong et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Warming and drought combine to increase pest insect fitness on urban trees

(2017) Adam G. Dale et al.   PLoS One

Climate change accelerates growth of urban trees in metropolises worldwide

(2017) Hans Pretzsch et al.   Scientific Reports

Does forest fragmentation cause an increase in forest temperature?

(2016) Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Urban heat island impacts on plant phenology: intra-urban variability and response to land cover

(2016) Samuel C Zipper et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Response of vegetation phenology to urbanization in the conterminous United States

(2016) Xuecao Li et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Responses of arthropod populations to warming depend on latitude: evidence from urban heat islands

(2016) Elsa Youngsteadt et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels

(2016) Stephen J. Thackeray et al.   NATURE

Urban warming reduces aboveground carbon storage

(2016) Emily Meineke et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Soil surface temperatures reveal moderation of the urban heat island effect by trees and shrubs

(2016) J. L. Edmondson et al.   Scientific Reports

The Urban Heat Island and its spatial scale dependent impact on survival and development in butterflies of different thermal sensitivity

(2016) Aurélien Kaiser et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Climatic warming destabilizes forest ant communities

(2016) S. E. Diamond et al.   Science Advances

Encyrtid Parasitoids of Soft Scale Insects: Biology, Behavior, and Their Use in Biological Control

(2015) Apostolos Kapranas et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

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

(2015) Joscha Beninde et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Urban climate and adaptation strategies

(2015) Larissa Larsen   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Thermal physiology and urbanization: perspectives on exit, entry and transformation rules

(2015) Steven L. Chown et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

A landscape ecology approach identifies important drivers of urban biodiversity

(2015) Tabea Turrini et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Cities are hotspots for threatened species

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

Warming affects hatching time and early season survival of eastern tent caterpillars

(2015) Mariana Abarca et al.   OECOLOGIA

Shared and unique responses of insects to the interaction of urbanization and background climate

(2015) Sarah E Diamond et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Liana distribution in response to urbanization in temperate forests

(2015) Marie-Hélène Brice et al.   ECOSCIENCE

Early pest development and loss of biological control are associated with urban warming

(2014) E. K. Meineke et al.   Biology Letters

Urban warming trumps natural enemy regulation of herbivorous pests

(2014) Adam G. Dale et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Unexpected phenological responses of butterflies to the interaction of urbanization and geographic temperature

(2014) Sarah E. Diamond et al.   ECOLOGY

Do cities simulate climate change? A comparison of herbivore response to urban and global warming

(2014) Elsa Youngsteadt et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Seasonality of the Urban Heat Island Effect in Madison, Wisconsin

(2014) Jason Schatz et al.   Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

The Effects of Urban Warming on Herbivore Abundance and Street Tree Condition

(2014) Adam G. Dale et al.   PLoS One

Surface urban heat island in China's 32 major cities: Spatial patterns and drivers

(2014) Decheng Zhou et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Dendrochronological analysis of urban trees: climatic response and impact of drought on frequently used tree species

(2014) Sten Gillner et al.   TREES-STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION

Effect of urban green patterns on surface urban cool islands and its seasonal variations

(2014) Ailian Chen et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Bad neighbors: urban habitats increase cankerworm damage to non-host understory plants

(2014) Steven D. Frank   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Climate change effects on behavioral and physiological ecology of predator–prey interactions: Implications for conservation biological control

(2013) Oswald J. Schmitz et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Early onset of spring increases the phenological mismatch between plants and pollinators

(2013) Gaku Kudo et al.   ECOLOGY

Experimental warming studies on tree species and forest ecosystems: a literature review

(2013) Haegeun Chung et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH

Urban Warming Drives Insect Pest Abundance on Street Trees

(2013) Emily K. Meineke et al.   PLoS One

Climatic response and impacts of drought on oaks at urban and forest sites

(2013) Sten Gillner et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Estimation of the Relationship between Urban Park Characteristics and Park Cool Island Intensity by Remote Sensing Data and Field Measurement

(2013) Zhibin Ren et al.   Forests

Spatial pattern of greenspace affects land surface temperature: evidence from the heavily urbanized Beijing metropolitan area, China

(2012) Xiaoma Li et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Global forecasts of urban expansion to 2030 and direct impacts on biodiversity and carbon pools

(2012) K. C. Seto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Urban environment of New York City promotes growth in northern red oak seedlings

(2012) S. Y. Searle et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Conifer growth and reproduction in urban forest fragments: Predictors of future responses to global change?

(2012) Anna M. O’Brien et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Human-mediated long-distance jumps of the pine processionary moth in Europe

(2011) Christelle Robinet et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Ecosystem services and urban heat riskscape moderation: water, green spaces, and social inequality in Phoenix, USA

(2011) G. Darrel Jenerette et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Does spatial configuration matter? Understanding the effects of land cover pattern on land surface temperature in urban landscapes

(2011) Weiqi Zhou et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Energetics of Insect Diapause

(2010) Daniel A. Hahn et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Spider, bee, and bird communities in cities are shaped by environmental control and high stochasticity

(2010) T. Sattler et al.   ECOLOGY

Rapid northwards expansion of a forest insect pest attributed to spring phenology matching with sub-Arctic birch

(2010) JANE U. JEPSEN et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Insect overwintering in a changing climate

(2010) J. S. Bale et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Quantifying the cool island intensity of urban parks using ASTER and IKONOS data

(2010) Xin Cao et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Effects of urbanization on ground-dwelling spiders in forest patches, in Hungary

(2010) Tibor Magura et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Differential responses to changes in growth temperature between trees from different functional groups and biomes: a review and synthesis of data

(2010) D. A. Way et al.   TREE PHYSIOLOGY

Urban areas may serve as habitat and corridors for dry-adapted, heat tolerant species; an example from ants

(2010) Sean B. Menke et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Ecology of Herbivorous Arthropods in Urban Landscapes

(2009) Michael J. Raupp et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Anisotropic spread of hemlock woolly adelgid in the eastern United States

(2009) Randall S. Morin et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Responses of insect pests, pathogens, and invasive plant species to climate change in the forests of northeastern North America: What can we predict?This article is one of a selection of papers from NE Forests 2100: A Synthesis of Climate Change Impacts on Forests of the Northeastern US and Eastern Canada.

(2009) Jeffrey S. Dukes et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF FOREST RESEARCH

Urbanisation induces early flowering: evidence from Platanus acerifolia and Prunus cerasus

(2009) A. Mimet et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Remote sensing of the urban heat island effect across biomes in the continental USA

(2009) Marc L. Imhoff et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Global urban land-use trends and climate impacts

(2009) Karen C Seto et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Effects of variable phytochemistry and budbreak phenology on defoliation of aspen during a forest tent caterpillar outbreak

(2008) Jack R. Donaldson et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY