Ausgabe 1/2026
Inhalt (48 Artikel)
Urbanization-driven changes in litter decomposition in forest patches revealed by the teabag method
- Research
Tibor Magura, Roland Horváth, Szabolcs Mizser, Mária Tóth, Gábor L. Lövei
Impact of construction-derived substrates on seed germination and early development of Borago officinalis: insight for sustainable management of urban green spaces
- Open Access
- Research
Rosario Rummo, Luigi Gennaro Izzo, Giovanna Aronne
Effects of urbanization on reproductive strategies in neotropical birds
- Research
Eduardo Guimarães Santos, Thiago Filadelfo, Yara Ballarini, Miguel Ângelo Marini
I need my green space: minimum area of urban green spaces to maintain bat diversity and activity in a large European metropolis
- Research
Lidia Mayordomo-Herranz, Elisa Forgione-Ciarrocchi, Ana M. C. Santos, Adrià López-Baucells, Elena Tena, William D. Carvalho
Heat vulnerability and leaf traits affect litter decomposition across an urban heat island in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Open Access
- Research
Dana Frankenstein, Dylan Paley, Dane C. Ward, Michelle Gannon, Shelby A. Rinehart
Influence of habitat characteristics on armored scale (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) abundance and natural enemy regulation on urban palms
- Research
Minor V. Solano-Gutiérrez, Paul Hanson
Biodiversity assessment of urban green spaces for multifunctional green space planning in high-rise residential housing areas
- Open Access
- Research
Christine Haaland, Kari Lehtilä
Wings across the gradient: butterfly diversity declines along an urbanization gradient in the subtropical Himalayas
- Research
Prakash Chandra Aryal, Chandramani Aryal, Dipak Khadka, Abinash Aryal, Kiran Rayamajhi, Sonam Shrestha, Bhaiya Khanal, Deepa Karki, Hari Prasad Pandey, Tek Maraseni
Large trees and artificial substrates support Asian stingless bee communities across green space habitats in urban environments
- Open Access
- Research
Kanuengnit Wayo, Tuan Ngoc Nguyen, Kanyakorn Piraonapicha, Areeruk Nilsai, Sara Bumrungsri, Tuanjit Sritongchuay
Urban balcony gardens: exploring a resident-led nature-based solution
- Research
Salma N. Talhouk, Carine Ghassibe, Samar Morkos, Dany Abou Jaoude, Ibrahim Issa
Beyond pond size: the roles of disproportionate effects and habitat heterogeneity in controlling biodiversity in urban ponds
- Research
Emanuel Rampanelli Cararo, Luis Mauricio Bini, Frank Johansson
Artificial light drives nocturnal foraging in cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) in urban-modified wetlands of Southern Nigeria
- Research
Nioking Amadi, Alawa Grace Nyimale, Luca Luiselli, Fabio Petrozzi, Julia E. Fa, Wala Chimela, Wekhe-Emenike Aruchi, Amadi Patience Ndidi, Harrison Obodo Chukwu
Fragments of open- and closed-canopy habitat host significant fruit-feeding butterfly diversity in a large city in Southern India
- Open Access
- Research
Freerk Molleman, Berke Can Aydin
Invasive alien plants and the city: distribution patterns in response to urban elements and urbanization in three of the largest cities in Italy
- Open Access
- Research
Chiara Montagnani, Nicole Sebesta, Emanuele Vegini, Giulia Daniele, Elena Barni, Laura Celesti-Grapow, Francesca Emili, Federica Larcher, Rodolfo Gentili, Sandra Citterio
Small mammal communities along an urban-rural gradient: a comparison of two time periods
- Open Access
- Research
Ivan Baláž, Jakub Košša, Zuzana Poláčiková, Peter Klimant
Evaluation of the use of different taxonomic resolutions as surrogates for ant diversity in urban green spaces
- Research
Tercio da Silva Melo, Elmo Borges de Azevedo Koch, Alessandra Rodrigues Santos de Andrade, Maurice Leponce, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie
Enhancing urban forest connectivity: a multispecies modelling approach in Helsinki
- Open Access
- Research
Julia Hämäläinen, Alex M. Lechner, Johan Ekroos, Jiawei Zhao, Susanna Lehvävirta
Soil microbial communities reflect changes associated with City construction in Northwest China
- Research
Renfei Wu, Awaguli Tuersun, Lei Zhang, Wenjuan Du, Wenbiao Wang, Zhiqin Dong, Fengze Yun, Yanbin Zhu, Zhenghai Ma
Research on the optimisation of age-friendly greenways in communities from the perspective of shadow spatial distribution
- Research
Xiaoqian Zu, Wenhai Yu, Yingyao An, Yixuan Tang
Riparian vegetation structural diversity as an indicator of riparian zone functioning in a rural to urban stream gradient
- Open Access
- Research
Zachary Horve, Brittany L. McCall, Michael Reisner
Sustaining urban bee diversity: the role of planning zones in Beijing megacity conservation
- Research
Lixia Tian, Wenqing Liu, Huan Wang, Su Wang, Guoyue Yu, Jiawen Du, Wenxiang Li, Yanyan Qu, Ningxing Huang, Xilian Xu
Nesting the city: long-term spatiotemporal dynamics of nest distribution in a synanthropic gull within a high density European city
- Open Access
- Research
Víctor Martín-Vélez, Joan Navarro, Tomás Montalvo
Spatiotemporal variation trends of vegetation net primary productivity in Guiyang City over the past two decades in the context of urbanization
- Research
Yingqian Huang, Xuehai Fei, Renhai Zhang, Binghuang Zhou, Haiqiang Du, Yi Shen, Yong Zhang, Kuankuan Zou, Peng Xu, Aijiang Yang
Sowing the seeds of wildlife-friendly gardening: does a garden biodiversity assessment promote uptake of pro-biodiversity gardening behaviours?
- Open Access
- Research
Yolanda van Heezik, Jacqueline Theis, Danielle F Shanahan, Claire Freeman, Maibritt Pedersen Zari, Christopher K Woolley
Biodiversity of native climbing plant species in the Iberian Peninsula and its suitability for disturbed and human modified environments with a focus on green facades
- Review
Razieh E. Esfahani, Teresa A. Paço, Pedro Talhinhas
The anthropause as a behavioral reset: persistent reduction in territorial aggression in an urban songbird
- Open Access
- Research
Marlene Walters, Eleanor S. Diamant, Joseph F. Di Liberto, Sara S. Lim, Russell M. Stottlemyer, Pamela J. Yeh
Landscape, habitat, and environmental predictors differentially influence the richness, abundance, and diversity of butterfly families in tropical urban forest fragments
- Open Access
- Research
Lany Valdés-Rodríguez, Rodrigo M. Barahona-Segovia, Francisco Tello, Elías Alfaro, Jaime R. Rau, Enrique Medianero
Tree cover influences bird assemblage composition in a city within the cerrado biodiversity hotspot
- Research
Daniele Pereira Rodrigues, David P. Edwards, Ana Claudia Almeida, Mauricio Almeida-Gomes
Biodiversity in the city: effects of local and landscape characteristics on ant community in urban squares of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Open Access
- Research
Guilherme Martins Violante, Paula Koeler Lira, Jacques Hubert Charles Delabie, Jarbas Marçal Queiroz
The influence of green roof features on their carbon and nutrient stocks
- Research
Laure Steenaerts, François Rineau, Tom Artois, Bernard Bosman, Monique Carnol, Miguel Portillo-Estrada, Eric Struyf, Thomas Van Dijck, Carmen Van Mechelen, Ivan Janssens
Fire and food: how do insectivorous small mammals respond to urban wildfires?
- Research
Leonardo Ancillotto, Gaia Gonnellini, Fabio Mosconi, Gaia Salvi, Martina Chiara Recchilungo, Andrea Viviano, Emiliano Mori, Olivia Dondina
Residential gardeners’ nature connection and garden characteristics determine the ecological benefits of pro-pollinator interventions
- Open Access
- Research
Anna S. Persson, Liam Kendall, Jessica L. Knapp, Helena I. Hanson
Variation in pollinator assemblage along a Mediterranean urbanization gradient does not affect the reproductive output of the wild radish
- Research
Carla Sorvillo, Paolo Biella, Giulia Brambilla, Massimo Labra, Salvatore Cozzolino, Giovanni Scopece
Evaluation of biodiversity offsetting – a case study from a Swedish municipality
- Open Access
- Research
Karin Morell, Pål Axel Olsson, Helena Hanson
Mulching promotes soil health and carbon sequestration in arid urban landscapes
- Research
Juan P. Frene, Pramod Acharya, Marisa Thompson, Amrit D. Adhikari, Rajan Ghimire
Enduring the freeze: species richness, composition, and environmental correlates of wintering birds in a Southern boreal Finnish City
- Open Access
- Research
Jaime A. Garizábal-Carmona, Mina L. Nesenhöner, Ian MacGregor-Fors
Low interaction in an interdisciplinary research field: a scientometric view of 80 years of publication in urban ecology
- Open Access
- Research
Leandro Porto Marques, Rosane G. Collevatti
Urbanization intensity and its effect on vegetation phenology in urban areas and beyond: evidence from three representative cities in the Yangtze river delta
- Research
Xueqin He, Kaijian Xu, Shengnan Jiang, Ping Zhao, Xiaoqing Zuo, Shuzhou Wang
Assessing urban herbaceous plant biodiversity using drone remote sensing: the trade-offs of spatial resolution
- Research
Cedric Gazal, Angela Kross, Jennifer Donnini, Sarah E. Turner
The potential use of behavioural bioassays as a first-tier approach for screening urban soil biodiversity: a pilot study
- Open Access
- Research
Lorenzo Federico, Valeria Tatangelo, Francesca Pittino, Claudia Russo, Emanuele Vegini, Sandra Citterio, Andrea Franzetti, Sara Villa
Urban Lasius niger ants more readily accept low concentration sucrose solution than rural ants
- Open Access
- Research
Stanislav Stukalyuk, Mykola Kozyr, Yaroslav Sydorenko, Tomer J. Czaczkes, Gema Trigos-Peral
Multi-scale drivers of parasitoid wasp communities in urban gardens: local vegetation, landscape configuration and heterogeneity
- Research
Sergio Zapata-Martínez, Susana Maza-Villalobos, Diana Ahuatzin, Gabriela Pérez-Lachaud, Miguel Á. Castillo-Santiago
A conceptual framework for assessing urban biodiversity: components, drivers, and dynamics through earth observation
- Research
Bhoomika Ghale, Ritobina Biswas, Kshama Gupta, Arijit Roy, Harish Chandra Karnatak
From forest to asphalt: using dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) to assess urbanization effects and promote functional connectivity in a Colombian Caribbean City
- Research
Carlos Taboada-Verona, Juan Sierra-Sevilla, Francisco Robles-Fuentes, Iván Montes-Jiménez, Carlos Sermeño-Correa, Carlos Eduardo Ortiz‑Yusty, César M. A. Correa
Butterfly diversity and community composition across contrasting land-uses in the lower Western Himalaya
- Research
Ankita Singh Sajwan, Arun Pratap Singh
Occurrence of common mistletoe (Viscum album subsp. album) on alien tree species in the urban green areas of Wrocław (Poland)
- Research
Robert Krzysztof Sobolewski, Elżbieta Małgorzata Szopińska, Justyna Jaworek-Jakubska, Piotr Łakomy
Genetic analysis reveals urban matrix permeability to Nasutitermes corniger (Isoptera: Termitidae), a native termite species and pest in the Neotropical region
- Open Access
- Research
Gabriel de Sá Andrade, Rozzanna Esther Cavalcanti Reis de Figueirêdo Chaves, Alane Ayana Vieira de Oliveira Couto, Wellington Santos Fava, Alexandre Vasconcellos
