Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Francesco Maria Sabatini, Borja Jimenez-Alfaro, Ute Jandt, Milan Chytry, Richard Field, Michael Kessler, Jonathan Lenoir, Franziska Schrodt, Susan K. Wiser, Mohammed A. S. Arfin Khan, Fabio Attorre, Luis Cayuela, Michele De Sanctis, Jurgen Dengler, Sylvia Haider, Mohamed Z. Hatim, Adrian Indreica, Florian Jansen, Anibal Pauchard, Robert K. Peet, Petr Petrik, Valerio D. Pillar, Brody Sandel, Marco Schmidt, Zhiyao Tang, Peter van Bodegom, Kiril Vassilev, Cyrille Violle, Esteban Alvarez-Davila, Priya Davidar, Jiri Dolezal, Bruno Herault, Antonio Galan-de-Mera, Jorge Jimenez, Stephan Kambach, Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas, Holger Kreft, Felipe Lezama, Reynaldo Linares-Palomino, Abel Monteagudo Mendoza, Justin K. N'Dja, Oliver L. Phillips, Gonzalo Rivas-Torres, Petr Sklenar, Karina Speziale, Ben J. Strohbach, Rodolfo Vasquez Martinez, Hua-Feng Wang, Karsten Wesche, Helge Bruelheide
Summary: “Global patterns of regional plant diversity are relatively well known, but whether they hold for local communities is debated. This study created multi-grain global maps of alpha diversity for vascular plants to provide a nuanced understanding of plant diversity hotspots and improve predictions of global change effects on biodiversity.”
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Entomology
Jose Hiago C. Silva, Alan V. Saldanha, Rayana M. R. Carvalho, Carolina F. M. Machado, Bruno F. Flausino, Adilson C. Antonio, Lessando M. Gontijo
Summary: The study examined the effects of intraspecific and interspecific plant diversity on lepidopteran and aphid suppression, finding that treatments associated with alyssum flowers led to lower aphid numbers, higher natural enemy abundance, and increased collard productivity. Early availability of alyssum flowers specifically benefited aphid parasitoids, and alyssum plants showed potential as a trap crop for Ascia monuste orseis. Overall, promoting interspecific variation of multiple plant traits was more important for pest suppression than intraspecific variation of single plant traits.
JOURNAL OF PEST SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Alfonso Pineda, Jascieli Carla Bortolini, Luzia Cleide Rodrigues
Summary: Environmental factors and dispersal can influence the structure of biological communities, but their effects may vary among phytoplankton species from different functional groups.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Chao Wang, Weiwei Zhang, Xiaona Li, Yanhui Hou, Juying Wu
Summary: The study found that plant diversity significantly increases aboveground biomass (AGB), belowground biomass (BGB), and total biomass, while decreasing the root-to-shoot ratio (R/S). The effect of plant diversity on biomass partitioning varied with experimental types, with larger effects in field experiments compared to greenhouse experiments. Additionally, the study highlighted that the root-to-shoot ratio (R/S) is positively correlated with complementary effects of belowground biomass (BGB), and it increases logarithmically with mean annual temperature (MAT) and precipitation.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jae Young Choi, Liliia R. Abdulkina, Jun Yin, Inna B. Chastukhina, John T. Lovell, Irma A. Agabekian, Pierce G. Young, Samsad Razzaque, Dorothy E. Shippen, Thomas E. Juenger, Eugene Shakirov, Michael D. Purugganan
Summary: Telomeres are repetitive DNA sequences at chromosome ends that protect them during cell division. Natural variation in telomere length was found in Arabidopsis thaliana, rice, and maize, with longer telomeres associated with faster flowering time. This suggests chromosomal structure may be an adaptive trait linked to plant life-history strategies.
Article
Ecology
Amanda Taylor, Gerhard Zotz, Patrick Weigelt, Lirong Cai, Dirk Nikolaus Karger, Christian Konig, Holger Kreft
Summary: The study demonstrates that vascular epiphytes contribute significantly to global plant diversity centers, especially in the Neotropics. The decrease in epiphyte species numbers at higher latitudes is three times faster than terrestrial plants, driven mainly by tropical forest and precipitation distribution. Furthermore, regional differences in epiphyte diversity are influenced by endemic angiosperm families, highlighting the important role of historical biogeography.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Aramee C. Diethelm, Michael Reichelt, Elizabeth G. Pringle
Summary: It has been found that plant traits show brittleness when responding to combined stressors. Plant traits and responses, including secondary metabolites, are influenced by the level of water limitation in the source of plants.
JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Robert W. Buchkowski, Klara Benedek, Janos Balint, Attila Molnar, Tamas Felfoldi, Csaba Fazakas, Oswald J. Schmitz, Adalbert Balog
Summary: This study demonstrates that soil and its associated microbial community, in conjunction with the chemical content of plant leaves, determine the composition of the soil microbial community. Although there are sporadic effects of different combinations of leaf types and soil sources, the source of soil has a more significant impact on the microbial communities decomposing the leaf litter.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Clara Dwyer, Jonathan Millett, Laurence Jones, Ruud P. Bartholomeus, Lisanne van Willegen, Anna Chavasse, Robin J. Pakeman
Summary: Patterns of variation in plant diversity depend on spatial and taxonomic levels. Important environmental and management drivers may be missed if patterns across different levels are not considered.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rafael Govaerts, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Nicholas Black, Robert Turner, Alan Paton
Summary: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants is a vital scientific tool for research, conservation, and management of plant diversity. It meets standards of accessibility, evidence-based, expert-reviewed and regularly updated, providing detailed information freely online.
Article
Plant Sciences
Amanda Taylor, Patrick Weigelt, Pierre Denelle, Lirong Cai, Holger Kreft
Summary: Plant life and growth forms play important roles in plants' strategies in relation to their environment and provide insights into ecological constraints on biodiversity distribution. Using a novel dataset, this study quantifies the contribution of different plant forms to global gradients of vascular plant diversity. Results show a major shift in plant forms from woody perennials in tropical regions to herb-dominated floras in temperate and boreal regions, following a latitudinal gradient in plant form diversity. The study also highlights the importance of contemporary climate and phylogeny in shaping plant form distributions.
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Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Liang Xiao-gui, Shen Si, Gao Zhen, Zhang Li, Zhao Xue, Zhou Shun-li
Summary: The study found that exposure to extended darkness in maize leaves resulted in reduced plant growth, decreased chlorophyll levels, but unaffected net CO2 exchange rate. Accumulation of starch and total soluble carbohydrates in mature leaves decreased under extended darkness, while the percentage of daily C fixation reserved in leaves increased.
JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE AGRICULTURE
(2021)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Feilun Wu, Yuanchi Ha, Andrea Weiss, Meidi Wang, Jeffrey Letourneau, Shangying Wang, Nan Luo, Shuquan Huang, Charlotte T. Lee, Lawrence A. David, Lingchong You
Summary: Spatial partitioning modulates the dynamics of microbial communities, promoting the persistence of populations with negative interactions and suppressing those with positive interactions. An intermediate level of partitioning maximizes the overall diversity of the community.
NATURE CHEMICAL BIOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Plant Sciences
Lina Jiang, Yifei Gao, Leiqin Han, Wenxuan Zhang, Pengxiang Fan
Summary: Plant synthetic biology is a powerful method to enhance the production of value-added metabolites in plants, such as flavonoids. Recent research progress in flavonoid metabolic engineering has demonstrated the potential of using synthetic biology approaches to increase flavonoid yields and diversity. This review highlights the importance of selecting transcription factors and harnessing enzyme promiscuity to optimize flavonoid biosynthesis and suggests that synthetic biology can revolutionize plant-based product development across various industries.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2023)
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Christoph Reisch, Sergey Rosbakh
Summary: By comparing genetic variation of plant species in different altitudinal zones, it was found that high mountain regions exhibit different patterns of genetic differentiation compared to non-alpine zones. Genetic differentiation was significantly higher among populations of species from the alpine zone, while genetic diversity was significantly lower within populations from the alpine zone.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2021)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Charlotte Seifert, Christoph Leuschner, Heike Culmsee
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2015)
Article
Plant Sciences
Benjamin Krause, Heike Culmsee, Karsten Wesche, Christoph Leuschner
Article
Ecology
Inga Schmiedel, Erwin Bergmeier, Heike Culmsee
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2015)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
J. W. Ferry Slik, Victor Arroyo-Rodriguez, Shin-Ichiro Aiba, Patricia Alvarez-Loayza, Luciana F. Alves, Peter Ashton, Patricia Balvanera, Meredith L. Bastiang, Peter J. Bellingham, Eduardo van den Berg, Luis Bernacci, Polyanna da Conceicao Bispo, Lilian Blanc, Katrin Boehning-Gaese, Pascal Boeckx, Frans Bongers, Brad Boyle, Matt Bradford, Francis Q. Brearley, Mireille Breuer-Ndoundou Hockemba, Sarayudh Bunyavejchewin, Darley Calderado Leal Matos, Miguel Castillo-Santiago, Eduardo L. M. Catharino, Shauna-Lee Chai, Yukai Chen, Robert K. Colwell, Chazdon L. Robin, Connie Clark, David B. Clark, Deborah A. Clark, Heike Culmsee, Kipiro Damas, Handanakere S. Dattaraja, Gilles Dauby, Priya Davidar, Saara J. DeWalt, Jean-Louis Doucet, Alvaro Duque, Giselda Durigan, Karl A. O. Eichhorn, Pedro V. Eisenlohr, Eduardo Eler, Corneille Ewango, Nina Farwig, Kenneth J. Feeley, Leandro Ferreira, Richard Field, Ary T. de Oliveira Filho, Christine Fletcher, Olle Forshed, Geraldo Franco, Gabriella Fredriksson, Thomas Gillespie, Jean-Francois Gillet, Giriraj Amarnath, Daniel M. Griffith, James Grogan, Nimal Gunatilleke, David Harris, Rhett Harrison, Andy Hector, Juergen Homeier, Nobuo Imai, Akira Itoh, Patrick A. Jansen, Carlos A. Joly, Bernardus H. J. de Jong, Kuswata Kartawinata, Elizabeth Kearsley, Daniel L. Kelly, David Kenfack, Michael Kessler, Kanehiro Kitayama, Robert Kooyman, Eileen Larney, Yves Laumonier, Susan Laurance, William F. Laurance, Michael J. Lawes, Ieda Leao do Amaral, Susan G. Letche, Jeremy Lindsell, Xinghui Lu, Asyraf Mansor, Antti Marjokorpi, Emanuel H. Martin, Henrik Meilby, Felipe P. L. Melo, Daniel J. Metcalfe, Vincent P. Medjibe, Jean Paul Metzger, Jerome Millet, D. Mohandass, Juan C. Montero, Marcio de Morisson Valeriano, Badru Mugerwa, Hidetoshi Nagamasu, Reuben Nilus, Susana Ochoa-Gaona, Onrizal, Navendu Page, Pia Parolin, Marc Parren, Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy, Ekananda Paudel, Andrea Permana, Maria T. F. Piedade, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Lourens Poorter, Axel D. Poulsen, John Poulsen, Jennifer Powers, Rama C. Prasad, Jean-Philippe Puyravaud, Jean-Claude Razafimahaimodiso, Jan Reitsma, Joao Roberto dos Santos, Wilson Roberto Spironello, Hugo Romero-Saltos, Francesco Rovero, Andes Hamuraby Rozak, Kalle Ruokolainen, Ervan Rutishauser, Felipe Saiter, Philippe Saner, Braulio A. Santos, Fernanda Santos, Swapan K. Sarker, Manichanh Satdichanh, Christine B. Schmitt, Jochen Schoengart, Mark Schulze, Marcio S. Suganuma, Douglas Sheil, Eduardo da Silva Pinheiro, Plinio Sist, Tariq Stevart, Raman Sukumar, I. -Fang Sun, Terry Sunderand, H. S. Suresh, Eizi Suzuki, Marcelo Tabarelli, Jangwei Tang, Natuelia Targhetta, Ida Theilade, Duncan W. Thomas, Peguy Tchouto, Johanna Hurtado, Renato Valencia, Johan L. C. H. van Valkenburg, Tran Van Do, Rodolfo Vasquez, Hans Verbeeck, Victor Adekunle, Simone A. Vieira, Campbell O. Webb, Timothy Whitfeld, Serge A. Wich, John Williams, Florian Wittmann, Hannsjoerg Woell, Xiaobo Yang, C. Yves Adou Yao, Sandra L. Yap, Tsuyoshi Yoneda, Rakan A. Zahawi, Rahmad Zakaria, Runguo Zang, Rafael L. de Assis, Bruno Garcia Luize, Eduardo M. Venticinque
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2015)
Article
Plant Sciences
Fabian Brambach, Mark Coode, Siria Biagioni, Heike Culmsee
Article
Plant Sciences
Fabian Brambach, Christoph Leuschner, Aiyen Tjoa, Heike Culmsee
PERSPECTIVES IN PLANT ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS
(2017)
Article
Plant Sciences
Fabian Brambach, James W. Byng, Heike Culmsee
Article
Ecology
Thomas Ibanez, Gunnar Keppel, Claudia Baider, Chris Birkinshaw, Heike Culmsee, Susan Cordell, F. B. Vincent Florens, Janet Franklin, Christian P. Giardina, Thomas W. Gillespie, Melinda Laidlaw, Creighton M. Litton, Tara G. Martin, Rebecca Ostertag, Narayanaswamy Parthasarathy, Richard Randrianaivo, Miramasoandro Randrianjanahary, Muthu Rajkumar, Ladan Rasingam, Fidy Ratovoson, Ludovic Reza, Lawren Sack, Shin-ichiro Aiba, Edward Webb, Timothy J. S. Whitfeld, Runguo Zang, Philippe Birnbaum
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2018)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
J. W. Ferry Slik, Janet Franklin, Victor Arroyo-Rodriguez, Richard Field, Salomon Aguilar, Nikolay Aguirre, Jorge Ahumada, Shin-Ichiro Aiba, Luciana F. Alves, K. Anitha, Andres Avella, Francisco Mora, Gerardo A. Aymard C, Selene Baez, Patricia Balvanera, Meredith L. Bastian, Jean-Francois Bastin, Peter J. Bellingham, Eduardo van den Berg, Polyanna da Conceicao Bispo, Pascal Boeckx, Katrin Boehning-Gaese, Frans Bongers, Brad Boyle, Fabian Brambach, Francis Q. Brearley, Sandra Brown, Shauna-Lee Chai, Robin L. Chazdon, Shengbin Chen, Phourin Chhang, George Chuyong, Corneille Ewango, Indiana M. Coronado, Jurgi Cristobal-Azkarate, Heike Culmsee, Kipiro Damas, H. S. Dattaraja, Priya Davidar, Saara J. DeWalt, Hazimah Din, Donald R. Drake, Alvaro Duque, Giselda Durigan, Karl Eichhorn, Eduardo Schmidt Eler, Tsutomu Enoki, Andreas Ensslin, Adande Belarmain Fandohan, Nina Farwig, Kenneth J. Feeley, Markus Fischer, Olle Forshed, Queila Souza Garcia, Satish Chandra Garkoti, ThomasW. Gillespie, Jean-Francois Gillet, Christelle Gonmadje, Inigo Granzow-de la Cerda, Daniel M. Griffith, James Grogan, Khalid Rehman Hakeem, David J. Harris, Rhett D. Harrison, Andy Hector, Andreas Hemp, Juergen Homeier, M. Shah Hussain, Guillermo Ibarra-Manriquez, I. Faridah Hanum, Nobuo Imai, Patrick A. Jansen, Carlos Alfredo Joly, Shijo Joseph, Kuswata Kartawinata, Elizabeth Kearsley, Daniel L. Kelly, Michael Kessler, Timothy J. Killeen, Robert M. Kooyman, Yves Laumonier, Susan G. Laurance, William F. Laurance, Michael J. Lawes, Susan G. Letcher, Jeremy Lindsell, Jon Lovett, Jose Lozada, Xinghui Lu, Anne Mette Lykke, Khairil Bin Mahmud, Ni Putu Diana Mahayani, Asyraf Mansor, Andrew R. Marshall, Emanuel H. Martin, Darley Calderado Leal Matos, Jorge A. Meave, Felipe P. L. Melo, Zhofre Huberto Aguirre Mendoza, Faizah Metali, Vincent P. Medjibe, Jean Paul Metzger, Thiago Metzker, D. Mohandass, Miguel A. Munguia-Rosas, Rodrigo Munoz, Eddy Nurtjahy, Eddie Lenza de Oliveira, Onrizal, Pia Parolin, Marc Parren, N. Parthasarathy, Ekananda Paudel, Rolando Perez, Eduardo A. Perez-Garcia, Ulf Pommer, Lourens Poorter, Lan Qi, Maria Teresa F. Piedade, Jose Roberto Rodrigues Pinto, Axel Dalberg Poulsen, John R. Poulsen, Jennifer S. Powers, Rama Chandra Prasad, Jean-Philippe Puyravaud, Orlando Rangel, Jan Reitsma, Diogo S. B. Rocha, Samir Rolim, Francesco Rovero, Andes Rozak, Kalle Ruokolainen, Ervan Rutishauser, Gemma Rutten, Mohd. Nizam Mohd. Said, Felipe Z. Saiter, Philippe Saner, Braulio Santos, Joao Roberto dos Santos, Swapan Kumar Sarker, Christine B. Schmitt, Jochen Schoengart, Mark Schulze, Douglas Sheil, Plinio Sist, Alexandre F. Souza, Wilson Roberto Spironello, Tereza Sposito, Robert Steinmetz, Tariq Stevart, Marcio Seiji Suganuma, Rahayu Sukri, Aisha Sultana, Raman Sukumar, Terry Sunderland, Supriyadi, H. S. Suresh, Eizi Suzuki, Marcelo Tabarelli, Jianwei Tang, Ed V. J. Tanner, Natalia Targhetta, Ida Theilade, Tran Van Do, Hoang Van Sam, John H. Vandermeer, Hans Verbeeck, Ole Reidar Vetaas, Victor Adekunle, Simone A. Vieira, Campbell O. Webb, Edward L. Webb, Timothy Whitfeld, Serge Wich, John Williams, Susan Wiser, Florian Wittmann, Xiaobo Yang, C. Yves Adou Yao, Sandra L. Yap, Rakan A. Zahawi, Rahmad Zakaria, Runguo Zang, Duncan Thomas, Johan Van Valkenburg
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2018)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Charlotte Seifert, Christoph Leuschner, Stefan Meyer, Heike Culmsee
AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT
(2014)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Heike Culmsee, Marcus Schmidt, Inga Schmiedel, Annemarie Schacherer, Peter Meyer, Christoph Leuschner
ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS
(2014)
Article
Plant Sciences
Martin Diekmann, Christian Andres, Thomas Becker, Jonathan Bennie, Volker Blueml, James M. Bullock, Heike Culmsee, Miriam Fanigliulo, Annett Hahn, Thilo Heinken, Christoph Leuschner, Stefanie Luka, Justus Meissner, Josef Mueller, Adrian Newton, Cord Peppler-Lisbach, Gert Rosenthal, Leon J. L. van den Berg, Philippine Vergeer, Karsten Wesche
JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE
(2019)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Soyeon Bae, Shaun R. Levick, Lea Heidrich, Paul Magdon, Benjamin F. Leutner, Stephan Woellauer, Alla Serebryanyk, Thomas Nauss, Peter Krzystek, Martin M. Gossner, Peter Schall, Christoph Heibl, Claus Baessler, Inken Doerfler, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, Franz-Sebastian Krah, Heike Culmsee, Kirsten Jung, Marco Heurich, Markus Fischer, Sebastian Seibold, Simon Thorn, Tobias Gerlach, Torsten Hothorn, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Joerg Mueller
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2019)
Correction
Plant Sciences
H. Culmsee, R. Pitopang
Article
Ecology
Xuezheng Zong, Xiaorui Tian, Xianli Wang
Summary: Climate change has caused longer fire seasons and more intense wildfires worldwide, leading to significant economic and environmental impacts. A study conducted in Southwest China evaluated the effectiveness of different fuel treatment designs in mitigating wildfire risk under varying fire severity conditions. The results showed that fuel treatments were effective in reducing risk under low and normal fire severity scenarios, but their effectiveness was limited under high fire severity conditions.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Jian Peng, Xiaoyu Wang, Huining Zheng, Zihan Xu
Summary: This study developed an index system to evaluate the trade-off between grain production service and water purification service in the Dongting Lake Basin. The results showed that converting cropland with high nitrogen output into forest land can minimize this trade-off.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Francois Chiron, Romain Lorrilliere, Carmen Bessa-Gomes, Piotr Tryjanowski, Joan Casanelles-Abella, Lauri Laanisto, Ana Leal, Anskje Van Mensel, Marco Moretti, Babette Muyshondt, Ulo Niinemets, Marta Alos Orti, Pedro Pinho, Roeland Samson, Nicolas Deguines
Summary: In cities, green areas play a crucial role in biodiversity conservation, and the heterogeneity of land cover is an important factor. The relationship between area and heterogeneity affects the richness of bird species in urban green areas, with urban avoider species benefiting from large and heterogeneous patches.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Aleksandra Lis, Karolina Zalewska, Pawel Iwankowski, Katarzyna Betkier, Paulina Bilska, Viktoriia Dudar, Aleksandra L. Lagiewka
Summary: Appleton's prospect-refuge theory suggests that the presence of dense vegetation, topography, and people in a park can influence the safety and privacy felt by visitors in different ways. This study aimed to understand the relationship between observation point height, vegetation location, presence of other people, and perceived privacy and safety. The results showed that flat or lower ground without the presence of others was considered the safest, while landscapes higher up with dense vegetation and no other people were rated highest in terms of privacy. The findings have practical implications in terms of providing privacy without compromising safety.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Jianting Zhao, Guibo Sun, Chris Webster
Summary: This study developed a geospatial database to document the locations and urban environments of pandemic-induced street experiments on a global scale, and conducted quantitative analysis based on spatial and temporal visualizations. The study aims to enhance comparability of built environment indicators between cities and provide a robust foundation for future research on tactical urbanism.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Huaqing Wang, Louis G. Tassinary
Summary: This study investigated the influence of urban greenspace spatial morphology on non-communicable diseases and found that neighborhoods with more connected, aggregated, coherent, and complex-shaped greenspace had a lower prevalence of these diseases. Such associations were mediated by air pollution and physical inactivity. The results suggest that the spatial morphology of designed urban greenspace plays a significant role in neighborhood health.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Chiwei Xiao, Yi Wang, Mingyan Yan, Jeffrey Chiwuikem Chiaka
Summary: Regional integration initiatives, such as cross-border transportation corridors, have significant impacts on land use changes and landscape patterns. This study examines the China-Laos Railway as a case study to evaluate the extent and significance of these impacts. Using land-use data and geospatial analysis, the study quantifies and compares the effects of the railway on land use changes within a buffer zone along the corridor.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Review
Ecology
Astrid Zabel, Mara-Magdalena Hausler
Summary: Developing a green infrastructure is an important environmental policy goal in many countries around the world. Different countries have different requirements on the spatial allocation of conservation sites for green infrastructure. Price-type and procedural instruments are commonly used, but the utilization of incentive mechanisms that internalize the benefit of clustering is relatively low. There is a need for more studies on incentive mechanisms and green infrastructure policies in the global South.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Timothy Fraser, Olivia Feeley, Andres Ridge, Ava Cervini, Vincent Rago, Kelly Gilmore, Gianna Worthington, Ilana Berliavsky
Summary: This study examines the inequality of social infrastructure in Boston, finding significant racial and income disparities in access. These disparities have implications for the health and resilience of neighborhoods.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Yutian Lu, Running Chen, Bin Chen, Jiayu Wu
Summary: The inequitable distribution of urban green spaces has become a significant concern, with variations found between cities in different development stages, and socioeconomic factors playing a crucial role in the spatial equity of urban green spaces.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Di Chen, Jie Yin, Chia-Pin Yu, Shengjing Sun, Charlotte Gabel, John D. Spengler
Summary: Observational and experimental studies have shown that exposure to greenness is beneficial for long-term health and well-being. However, more evidence is needed regarding the short-term health impacts of nearby nature in urban areas. This study used immersive virtual reality technology to investigate how transitions between built and natural environments affect urban residents. Results showed that transitioning from built to natural environments led to reductions in negative mood and transient anxiety, while transitions from natural to built environments had the opposite effect. Additionally, participants showed more emotional responses to nature through physiological measures. The study also highlighted the influence of contextual factors, such as physical health conditions, stress levels, experience with nature, and growth environments, on stress recovery. Overall, this study provides empirical evidence supporting the promotion of nearby nature in urban built environments.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Daniele Codato, Francesca Peroni, Massimo De Marchi
Summary: This study examines climate justice in the Ecuadorian Amazon Region (EAR), highlighting the multiple injustices caused by oil extraction activities. Using spatial analysis, the study shows that the EAR has been a major producer of oil since 1972, leading to environmental impacts such as oil spills and pollution. The results emphasize the need to include these territories in climate justice discussions and promote the rights to a non-toxic environment.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
Article
Ecology
Jingli Yan, Wendy Y. Chen, Zixiao Zhang, Wenxing Zhao, Min Liu, Shan Yin
Summary: Vegetation barriers are an effective strategy in urban planning to mitigate traffic-induced air pollution and reduce exposure. This study uses field measurements and numerical modeling to show that constructing vegetation barriers with short bushes can effectively reduce PM2.5 pollution in open-road environments, while higher coverage of tall bushes may worsen the pollution.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)