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

The grass-free lawn: Management and species choice for optimum ground cover and plant diversity

(2014) Lionel S. Smith et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Diversification of mowing regime increases arthropods diversity in species-poor cultural hay meadows

(2011) O. Cizek et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

Urban arthropod communities: Added value or just a blend of surrounding biodiversity?

(2011) Thomas Sattler et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

High plant diversity is needed to maintain ecosystem services

(2011) Forest Isbell et al.   NATURE

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

Bottom-up effects of plant diversity on multitrophic interactions in a biodiversity experiment

(2010) Christoph Scherber et al.   NATURE

Ecology of Herbivorous Arthropods in Urban Landscapes

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

A national scale inventory of resource provision for biodiversity within domestic gardens

(2009) Zoe G. Davies et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Can alien plants support generalist insect herbivores?

(2009) Douglas W. Tallamy et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Plant species loss decreases arthropod diversity and shifts trophic structure

(2009) Nick M. Haddad et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Scaling up from gardens: biodiversity conservation in urban environments

(2009) Mark A. Goddard et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

ARTHROPOD ASSEMBLAGES ARE BEST PREDICTED BY PLANT SPECIES COMPOSITION

(2008) André P. Schaffers et al.   ECOLOGY

Maximizing arthropod-mediated ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes: the role of native plants

(2008) Rufus Isaacs et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT