Urban Ecosystems

Airborne Betula, poaceae, and Ambrosia Artemisiifolia pollen and allergen exposure: a comparative study of urban and rural environments

• Open Access

Jana Ščevková, Michal Hrabovský, Jozef Dušička, Matúš Žilka, Eva Zahradníková

Variations in age structure and morphology of two frog species along an urban–rural gradient in Shanghai

Ningning Liu, Shurong Zhong, Ben Li

Determining bee community response to urbanization through multi-year monitoring

Anthony C. Ayers, Sandra M. Rehan

Environmental, spatial, and land-use determinants as key drivers of phytoplankton in urban lakes

Anny Kelly Nascimento de Oliveira, Jascieli Carla Bortolini

Responses of anuran diversity and community structure to an urbanization gradient in a subtropical Asian city

Yung-Chih Lai, Cheng-En Li, Wei-Chun Cheng, Tien-Chen Lai, Pei-Fen Lee, Yi-Ju Yang

Spatial patterns of ecosystem disservices across urban-rural gradients: municipal wasp extermination data from Kobe, Japan

Tatsuya Saga, Nakata Taichi, Yuta Uchiyama

Teamwork makes the dream work: combining community science and expert-led surveys to study urban plant richness and composition

• Open Access

Sophie Taddeo, Erin F. Snyder, Elsa C. Anderson, Collin M. Porter, Tatiana M. Guider, Kayri Havens

Urban brownfields and their potential for nature conservation: what citizen science tells us?

Justine Martoglio, Benjamin Cornier, Arnaud Monty, Grégory Mahy

Effects of urban environmental specificities on the presence and density of brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) based on sighting reports and interventions, the case of Paris (France)

Isaure Voedts, Sylvie Petit, Florence Brondeau, Julien Gasparini

Unexplored source of urban biodiversity – preliminary studies on the underground channel of the Brzoza River (Łódź, Central Poland)

• Open Access

Kamil Słomczyński, Jarosław Brodecki, Jakub Bienias

Ant communities and urbanization: insights from tropical territories in French overseas regions

• Open Access

Jérôme Orivel, Marilou Hircq, Sandrine Etienne, Bénédicte Gervais, Aline Merle, Aurélie Monnier, Frédéric Petitclerc

Biotic homogenisation in urban grasslands: which bird and plant species and traits are selected in urban contexts?

Josephine A. Pithon, Rémi Duflot, Véronique Beaujouan, Arnaud Cochard, Guillaume Pain, Hervé Daniel

Participatory nature-driven urbanism: a pathway to achieving SDG-11 through community-led action

• Review

Nazuk Bhasin, Sudhanshu Kumar, Gopal Shankar Singh

A spatial exploration of relationships between noise exposure, poverty and visitor satisfaction in Providence parks: A pilot study

Ugoji Nwanaji-Enwerem, Jue Yang, Kevin M. Mwenda, Erica D. Walker, Diana Grigsby-Toussaint

Geospatial monitoring of peri-urban zones in Chandigarh through multi-year landsat imagery

Jyoti Saini, Umesh Kumar, Anil Kumar Gupta, Parul Mishra, Ratchagaraja Dhairiyasamy, Deekshant Varshney, Subhav Singh

Ecological and anthropogenic drivers of multiple herbivore mammalian species space use in a fragmented urban landscape in India

• Research

Parvaiz Yousuf, Mukesh Chand, Bilal Habib, Salvador Lyngdoh, Bhupendra Singh Adhikari

Urbanization, climate change, and remote sensing: a systematic review of research trends and sustainability concerns

Jaydip De

Pollination on the Fly: urban pollen transfer on late flowering ivy

• Open Access
• Research

Barbara Płaskonka, Marcin Zych, Cecylia Barabasz, Agata Roguz, Katarzyna Roguz

Herbivory patterns in enrichment plantings at urban and peri-urban tropical montane cloud forests

Maria Toledo-Garibaldi, Ek del-Val, Tiziana Ulian, Tarin Toledo-Aceves

Projected climate-driven shifts in urban forest suitability across Brazilian biomes

• Research

Helder Marcos Nunes Candido, Marcelo Leandro Bueno, Julia Guedes da Cruz, Fabrício Alvim Carvalho

Beyond beauty: exploring how knowledge of larval food plants and ecological benefits affects public perception of native and non-native plants in urban greening schemes

• Open Access

Emma Higgins, Alessio Russo

Adaptive flight strategies in urban birds: unraveling the intricacies between flight initiation distance and distances fled

Sakti Prasad Pattnayak, Enwesh Raul, Rashmibala Patra, B. Anjan Kumar Prusty

Rethinking land use in cities: the ecological role of urban golf courses in forest and air quality management

• Open Access
• Research

Myoung Hoon Ahn, Seong Woo Jeon, No Ol Lim

Urban footprints on flora: assessing plant community dynamics across an urbanization gradient in Ranchi, Eastern India

• Research

Pawan Ekka, Purabi Saikia

Balancing tree age and other critical criteria to improve heritage tree designation and protection in China

• Comment

Chunping Xie, Kuanglin Zou, C. Y. Jim

Automated detection and Threshold-Based alerting of stray dogs

• Research

Ambreen Hamadani, Henna Hamadani, Pakcha Hannah Boje, Abu Obaid Bin Gani, Qudsiya Abdullah

Priorities, concerns, and potential compromises amongst urban forest stakeholders: international lessons from Aotearoa New Zealand

• Open Access

Thomas F. Carlin, Tim Barnard, Toby Chapman, Justin Morgenroth, Daniel R. Richards, Robyn Simcock, Jonathon Avery, Zoë Avery, Yvette Dickinson, Kate Elliot, Claire Freeman, Derek Hayes, Yolanda van Heezik, Kelly Hertzog, Rebecca Kiddle, Brent Martin, William Melville, Tipene Merritt, Colin Meurk, Tamara Mutu, Mirjam Schindler, Alison Slade, David Spencer, Margaret C. Stanley, David Stejskal, Mason Walker, Christopher Walsh, Sylvia Tapuke

Woody plant diversity in mosque courtyards: a comparative study of pre- and post-republic periods

• Research

Cengiz Yucedag, Oznur Kubra Vergili, Bojan Simovski

Epiphytic lichens in old castle parks in Southwest Germany: A case study

• Research

Max Zibold, Martin Weckesser, Markus Scholler

Assessment of woody plant diversity in urban parks of Gaziantep, Türkiye, using biodiversity indices

• Research

Mert Çakir, Serkan Gülsoy

Ecological impacts of metallic trace element pollution on moss-dwelling invertebrate communities

• Research

Gabriel L Veltri, Olivia Roberts, Kristin M Hultgren

Exploring plant functional diversity and ecological dynamics in urban forests: insights from Metropolitan Manila

Anne Olfato-Parojinog, Christian Elmarc Ocenar-Bautista, Paul Cervin Evangelista-Rivera, Jean-Matthew Bate, Christon Jairus Racoma, Jayson G Chavez, Nikki Heherson A Dagamac

Functional traits and climate variability drive the competitive displacement of Trifolium resupinatum by Medicago lupulina in an arid urban ecosystem

• Research

Mahmoud O. Hassan, Amr Elkelish, Sulaiman A. Alsalamah, Maha H. Khalaf, Esraa Genidy, Amany H. A. Abeed

Urban flower-power for wild bee and hoverfly conservation

• Open Access
• Research

Ana Ješovnik, Igor Boršić, Jelena Bujan

Assessing the impact of urbanization on wetland bird communities in Chilean Mediterranean coast

Pablo Díaz-Siefer, Isidora Duarte, Victoria Madrid, Natalia Olmos-Moya, Francisco E. Fontúrbel, Juan L. Celis-Diez