Urban Ecosystems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Sept. 10, 2024
Language: Английский
Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 128682 - 128682
Published: Jan. 1, 2025
Language: Английский
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People and Nature, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(2), P. 367 - 376
Published: Feb. 20, 2024
Abstract With the boom in urban living has come a gardening. In particular, community gardening is an increasingly popular form of horticultural production, involvement and connection to nature. Through establishment management gardens, biodiversity can flourish, with gardens as ‘hotspots’ flora fauna within matrix. Gardeners deeply connect natural elements thus learn about gain appreciation for world. Such interactions combat loss nature experiences cities. Despite their benefits people, are threatened ecosystems often temporary fixtures city landscapes due lack land tenure policy protection. this perspective, we recognize important ecosystem conservation argue defence by policy. We formalize activity value these scientific evidence from ecological social‐ecological research 39 Berlin Munich, Germany. Although our data reveal that support large amounts catalyse human‐nature connections, comprehensive documentation at level make vulnerable planning threats; have seen losses multiple sites last 4 years research. Policy implications : To protect now future generations, call systematic collection on activities ecosystems. Some cities starting do be scaled out. recognition physical use also gardeners themselves habitat managers stewards biodiversity. Read free Plain Language Summary article Journal blog.
Language: Английский
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Insect Conservation and Diversity, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(2), P. 215 - 228
Published: March 1, 2024
Abstract Loss of natural habitat due to increases in agricultural extent raises the question whether human‐dominated landscape types can support biodiversity, particularly for declining insect pollinators. Compared more rural landscapes, urban areas may confer benefits bumble bee populations by providing stable and diverse floral resources. However, disentangling effects local‐ landscape‐scale characteristics on human‐modified landscapes is challenging. Here, we assessed occupancy using a repeated transect sampling design conducted during summers 2019 2020 within metropolitan area Madison, WI, surrounding landscape. We fit hierarchical models estimate detection ( p ) () probabilities relative local quality (floral abundance richness) (agricultural‐urban gradient) features eight species. hypothesised that bees were likely occupy areas, serving as refugia, sites. found probability all species was seasonal influenced maximum at survey sites, independent land cover type. After accounting species‐specific probabilities, effect urbanisation weak, no less than areas. Our findings suggest associated with ‘honeypot effect’ where resource availability, form higher abundance, most important limiting across landscapes.
Language: Английский
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Basic and Applied Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 79, P. 102 - 113
Published: Sept. 1, 2024
Urban areas can be both detrimental for pollinators or function as suitable habitats, depending on the land-use type, urban context and pollinator group in focus. green spaces, including gardens, parks cemeteries provide essential resources a wide range of groups, like wild bees, hoverflies beetles. community gardens particularly structurally complex harbour diverse nesting food pollinators. However, we know little about how garden features may vary with which specific increase abundance general different groups. Over two summer seasons, recorded using flower observations 33 Munich Berlin, Germany. We examined differ among from three urbanisation categories, analysed effects such floral landscape imperviousness (as indicator urbanisation) abundance, richness diversity. In more urbanised bare substrate were less prevalent. Flower was positively correlated overall diversity well abundances all taxa excluding Landscape negatively hoverfly beetle abundances. Hoverflies also decreased increasing wasp deadwood availability. Our findings highlight important role insect conservation management show that react differently to urbanisation. To support pollinating insects, gardeners richness, especially highly areas.
Language: Английский
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Landscape Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 40(3)
Published: Feb. 22, 2025
Language: Английский
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Arthropod-Plant Interactions, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 19(3)
Published: May 6, 2025
Language: Английский
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Biological Conservation, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 291, P. 110480 - 110480
Published: Feb. 7, 2024
Pervasive urbanization contributes to biodiversity declines globally, and with urbanization, road densities increase, amplifying habitat degradation landscape homogenization. However, as a major part of urban green space, roadside vegetation permeates the fabric and, if enhanced, can be used support insects, such wild bees. To analyze local landscape-scale effects enhanced roadsides on bee communities identify traits affected by filtering, we established 78 wildflower patches native seed mixture along five roads in Munich (S Germany). Species-poor regular management were control. During three-year experiment, sampled bees pan traps, monitored vegetation, analyzed diversity perimeter–area ratio space within radius 500 m. We gathered information morphological, behavioral, phenological, foraging calculated their abundance, species richness functional dispersion. Wild dispersion increased diversity. Functional was positively correlated distance from city center, indicating trait-based filtering. A fourth corner analysis revealed that small, short-lived, univoltine disadvantaged at roadsides. While discriminated areas high diversity, large prevailed outskirts, solitary associated edges. conclude contribute identifying groups help draw recommendations for effective conservation.
Language: Английский
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FEMS Microbiology Ecology, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 100(11)
Published: Sept. 26, 2024
Abstract The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is well adapted to urban environments and takes advantage of the artificial containers that proliferate in anthropized landscapes. Little known about physicochemical, pollutant, microbiota compositions Ae. albopictus-colonized aquatic habitats whether these properties differ with noncolonized habitats. We specifically addressed this question French community gardens by investigating pollution gradients (characterized either water physicochemical combined variables or presence organic molecules water) influence microbial composition then presence/absence mosquitoes. Interestingly, we showed colonized waters did not significantly differ, exception N2O CH4 concentrations, which were higher samples. Moreover, larval covaried differentially along according colonization status. This study opens new avenues on impact areas raises questions biotic abiotic interactions adult life-history traits their ability transmit pathogens humans.
Language: Английский
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Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5(3)
Published: July 1, 2024
Abstract Insect decline and loss of biodiversity not only affect large‐scale agricultural landscapes, but are increasingly recognized in urban environments. It is undisputed that a greater supply flowers green spaces can provide insects with more food habitat. However, it still controversial whether native wild plants or non‐native ornamental varieties the right choice. To answer this question we investigated number interacting different types plants: twelve six related perennials. In context, flower visitors per plant species plot was recorded at 10‐minute observation intervals, as well feeding damage caused by insect herbivores on leaves stems study plants. We established 18 ten independent plots city Darmstadt, Germany. The were species, to from same genus family exotic other genera families than Native (wild bees, flies, beetles, wasps) feed pollen nectar visited perennials significantly often (67% all visits) (24%) unrelated (9%). contrast, honey bees ( Apis mellifera ) showed no preferences any three target groups interacted most our according analyses interaction networks. assessment leaf individual confirmed similar significant difference insects' choices. Leaves highest herbivory (mean 2.3% area), followed (0.8%), whereas hardly consumed (0.1%) herbivores. Practical implication . Our shows spaces, both flower‐visiting leaf‐feeding likely use source closely
Language: Английский
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The Visual Computer, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: Sept. 14, 2024
Language: Английский
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