Towards an integrative approach to evaluate the environmental ecosystem services provided by urban forest

Predation risk shaped by habitat and landscape complexity in urban environments

(2018) David Frey et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Glandular trichomes as a barrier against atmospheric oxidative stress: Relationships with ozone uptake, leaf damage, and emission of LOX products across a diverse set of species

(2018) Shuai Li et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Air pollution removal by urban forests in Canada and its effect on air quality and human health

(2018) David J. Nowak et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Should we see urban trees as effective solutions to reduce increasing ozone levels in cities?

(2018) Pierre Sicard et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Decoupling forest characteristics and background conditions to explain urban-rural variations of multiple microclimate regulation from urban trees

(2018) Wenjie Wang et al.   PeerJ

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

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

Linking above-ground biomass and biodiversity to stand development in urban forest areas: A case study in Northern Italy

(2017) Lucia Pesola et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Charting trends in the evolution of the La Alhambra forest (Granada, Spain) through analysis of pollen-emission dynamics over time

(2016) Paloma Cariñanos et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Global topics and novel approaches in the study of air pollution, climate change and forest ecosystems

(2016) Pierre Sicard et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Development of multi-functional streetscape green infrastructure using a performance index approach

(2016) A. Tiwary et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

The provision of ecosystem services in response to global change: Evidences and applications

(2016) Raffaele Lafortezza et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH

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

Air pollution exacerbates effect of allergenic pollen proteins of Cassia siamea: a preliminary report

(2016) Varsha Hinge et al.   GRANA

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

Climatological analysis of the mitigating effect of vegetation on the urban heat island of Milan, Italy

(2016) L. Mariani et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Estimating Stand Volume and Above-Ground Biomass of Urban Forests Using LiDAR

(2016) Vincenzo Giannico et al.   Remote Sensing

An indicator framework for assessing ecosystem services in support of the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2020

(2016) Joachim Maes et al.   Ecosystem Services

Species Richness and Phenology of Cerambycid Beetles in Urban Forest Fragments of Northern Delaware

(2015) K. Handley et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Does urban forestry have a quantitative effect on ambient air quality in an urban environment?

(2015) P.J. Irga et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Quantification of Biomass Production Potentials from Trees Outside Forests—A Case Study from Central Germany

(2015) Dominik Seidel et al.   BioEnergy Research

Psychological and physical impact of urban green spaces on outdoor thermal comfort during summertime in The Netherlands

(2015) Wiebke Klemm et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Genetic diversity of a tropical rainforest understory bird in an urban fragmented landscape

(2015) Keren R. Sadanandan et al.   CONDOR

Influence of avenue-trees on air quality at the urban neighborhood scale. Part II: Traffic pollutant concentrations at pedestrian level

(2015) Christof Gromke et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Land sparing is crucial for urban ecosystem services

(2015) Iain Stott et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Urban drivers of plant-pollinator interactions

(2015) Tina Harrison et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Ecological connectivity research in urban areas

(2015) Scott LaPoint et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Biotic homogenization of three insect groups due to urbanization

(2015) Eva Knop   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A landscape ecology approach identifies important drivers of urban biodiversity

(2015) Tabea Turrini et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Land use and land cover changes explain spatial and temporal variations of the soil organic carbon stocks in a constructed urban park

(2015) Jeehwan Bae et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Where is the UK's pollinator biodiversity? The importance of urban areas for flower-visiting insects

(2015) K. C. R. Baldock et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Technologies for measurement and mitigation of particulate emissions from domestic combustion of biomass: A review

(2015) Mook Tzeng Lim et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Energy performances of intensive and extensive short rotation cropping systems for woody biomass production in the EU

(2015) S. Njakou Djomo et al.   RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

Urban plant physiology: adaptation-mitigation strategies under permanent stress

(2015) Carlo Calfapietra et al.   TRENDS IN PLANT SCIENCE

Deposition of traffic-related air pollutants on leaves of six evergreen shrub species during a Mediterranean summer season

(2015) Jacopo Mori et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Exotic trees can sustain native birds in urban woodlands

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

Key lessons for achieving biodiversity-sensitive cities and towns

(2015) Karen Ikin et al.   ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT & RESTORATION

A Quantitative Review of Urban Ecosystem Service Assessments: Concepts, Models, and Implementation

(2014) Dagmar Haase et al.   AMBIO

From Multifunctionality to Multiple Ecosystem Services? A Conceptual Framework for Multifunctionality in Green Infrastructure Planning for Urban Areas

(2014) Rieke Hansen et al.   AMBIO

Enhancing urban biodiversity and its influence on city-dwellers: An experiment

(2014) Assaf Shwartz et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Assessing habitat connectivity for ground-dwelling animals in an urban environment

(2014) S. Braaker et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Role of Management Strategies and Environmental Factors in Determining the Emissions of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds from Urban Greenspaces

(2014) Yuan Ren et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Bidirectional exchange of biogenic volatiles with vegetation: emission sources, reactions, breakdown and deposition

(2014) ÜLO NIINEMETS et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

“Carbon gain vs. water saving, growth vs. defence”: Two dilemmas with soluble phenolics as a joker

(2014) George Karabourniotis et al.   PLANT SCIENCE

The Future of Large Old Trees in Urban Landscapes

(2014) Darren S. Le Roux et al.   PLoS One

Impact evaluation of green–grey infrastructure interaction on built-space integrity: An emerging perspective to urban ecosystem service

(2014) Abhishek Tiwary et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Forest Filter Effect: Role of leaves in capturing/releasing air particulate matter and its associated PAHs

(2013) Elisa Terzaghi et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Quantifying transpirable soil water and its relations to tree water use dynamics in a water-limited pine forest

(2013) Tamir Klein et al.   Ecohydrology

Habitat connectivity shapes urban arthropod communities: the key role of green roofs

(2013) S. Braaker et al.   ECOLOGY

An expert assessment on climate change and health – with a European focus on lungs and allergies

(2013) Bertil Forsberg et al.   Environmental Health

Role of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds (BVOC) emitted by urban trees on ozone concentration in cities: A review

(2013) C. Calfapietra et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Characteristics of the mean radiant temperature in high latitude cities—implications for sensitive climate planning applications

(2013) Fredrik Lindberg et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

A novel framework for linking functional diversity of plants with other trophic levels for the quantification of ecosystem services

(2013) Sandra Lavorel et al.   JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

Assessing the public health impacts of urban air pollution in 25 European cities: Results of the Aphekom project

(2013) M. Pascal et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

CFD modelling of the aerodynamic effect of trees on urban air pollution dispersion

(2013) J.H. Amorim et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Intra-urban spatial variation of magnetic particles: Monitoring via leaf saturation isothermal remanent magnetisation (SIRM)

(2012) F. Kardel et al.   ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

The potential of ‘Urban Green Commons’ in the resilience building of cities

(2012) Johan Colding et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Classifying and valuing ecosystem services for urban planning

(2012) Erik Gómez-Baggethun et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Improving local air quality in cities: To tree or not to tree?

(2012) Peter E.J. Vos et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Particulate Matter on Foliage of 13 Woody Species: Deposition on Surfaces and Phytostabilisation in Waxes – a 3-Year Study

(2012) Robert Popek et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOREMEDIATION

Trace element behavior and partition versus urbanization gradient in an urban river (Orge River, France)

(2012) Pierre Le Pape et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

Quantifying the effects of stream channels on storm water quality in a semi-arid urban environment

(2012) Erika L. Gallo et al.   JOURNAL OF HYDROLOGY

The effect of street trees on property value in Perth, Western Australia

(2012) Ram Pandit et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

(2012) Bradley J. Cardinale et al.   NATURE

Changes to Airborne Pollen Counts across Europe

(2012) Chiara Ziello et al.   PLoS One

Footprints of air pollution and changing environment on the sustainability of built infrastructure

(2012) Prashant Kumar et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

The influence of vegetation on the horizontal and vertical distribution of pollutants in a street canyon

(2012) J.A. Salmond et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A systematic quantitative review of urban tree benefits, costs, and assessment methods across cities in different climatic zones

(2012) Sudipto Roy et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

The effect of tree shade and grass on surface and globe temperatures in an urban area

(2012) D. Armson et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Green corridors in urban landscapes affect the arthropod communities of domestic gardens

(2011) Alan Vergnes et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Daily and seasonal climatic conditions of green urban open spaces in the Mediterranean climate and their impact on human comfort

(2011) Pninit Cohen et al.   BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT

Positive effects of vegetation: Urban heat island and green roofs

(2011) T. Susca et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Urban forests and pollution mitigation: Analyzing ecosystem services and disservices

(2011) Francisco J. Escobedo et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Deriving the operational procedure for the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI)

(2011) Peter Bröde et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

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

Global land use change, economic globalization, and the looming land scarcity

(2011) Eric F. Lambin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ozone fluxes in a Pinus ponderosa ecosystem are dominated by non-stomatal processes: Evidence from long-term continuous measurements

(2010) Silvano Fares et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY

Transpiration of urban forests in the Los Angeles metropolitan area

(2010) Diane E. Pataki et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

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

(2010) T. Sattler et al.   ECOLOGY

The preconditions for the formation of private forest owners' interest associations in the Western Balkan Region

(2010) Peter Glück et al.   FOREST POLICY AND ECONOMICS

Worldwide decline of specialist species: toward a global functional homogenization?

(2010) Joanne Clavel et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

The influence of trees and grass on outdoor thermal comfort in a hot-arid environment

(2010) Limor Shashua-Bar et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLIMATOLOGY

Genetic Improvement of Willow for Bioenergy and BiofuelsFree Access

(2010) Angela Karp et al.   Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Urban greening to cool towns and cities: A systematic review of the empirical evidence

(2010) Diana E. Bowler et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

A framework for developing urban forest ecosystem services and goods indicators

(2010) Cynnamon Dobbs et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Mycotoxins in Food and Feed: Present Status and Future Concerns

(2009) Rajeev Bhat et al.   COMPREHENSIVE REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND FOOD SAFETY

Neophyte species richness at the landscape scale under urban sprawl and climate warming

(2009) Michael P. Nobis et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities

(2009) Etienne Laliberté et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Why and how terrestrial plants exchange gases with air

(2009) S. Cieslik et al.   PLANT BIOLOGY

RESOURCE POLICY: Wood Energy in America

(2009) D. deB. Richter Jr. et al.   SCIENCE

Challenging urban species diversity: contrasting phylogenetic patterns across plant functional groups in Germany

(2008) Sonja Knapp et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Volatile organic compounds from Italian vegetation and their interaction with ozone

(2008) Carlo Calfapietra et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Ozone and urban forests in Italy

(2008) Elena Paoletti   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Decay characteristics of hazardous Tilia, Betula, and Acer trees felled by municipal urban tree managers in the Helsinki City Area

(2008) M. Terho et al.   FORESTRY

Small urban woodlands as biodiversity conservation hot-spot: a multi-taxon approach

(2008) Solène Croci et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Global Change and the Ecology of Cities

(2008) N. B. Grimm et al.   SCIENCE