Urban forest species selection for improvement of ecological benefits in Polish cities - The actual and forecast potential

Journal of Environmental Management, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 366, P. 121732 - 121732

Published: July 8, 2024

Trees in cities perform important environmental functions: they produce oxygen, filter pollutants, provide habitat for wildlife, mitigate stormwater runoff, and reduce the effects of climate change, especially terms lowering temperatures converting carbon dioxide from atmosphere into stored carbon. Generally, to increase benefits urban forests, number trees is increased, directly influencing canopy coverage. However, little known about potential modifying species composition tree communities order ecological benefits. Planting managing particularly challenging city centres, where dense, often historic infrastructure buildings roads do not allow a significant greenspace. Estimations cover obtained through i-Tree Canopy analysis unveiled historical areas Polish 15-34% 31–51%. This study models forests cities, focusing on how different compositions can enhance functions such as sequestration pollution filtration. Two main scenarios were analyzed: one involving addition based most common currently planted ("standard option" SO), another incorporating changes ("city specific SCO). Acer platanoides (14.5%) Tilia cordata (11.45%) frequently cities. Betula pendula, Quercus robur, Robinia pseudoacacia, Fraxinus excelsior, pseudoplatanus, Aesculus hippocastanum campestre also forest (up 5%). The diverse range contributes significantly overall potential. results suggest that could rates by 47.8%–114% annually, with option (SCO) being effective enhancing highlights importance strategic selection forestry practices maximize change effects.

Language: Английский

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Evaluating Spherical Trees in the Urban Environment in Budapest (Hungary)

Plants, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 14(2), P. 228 - 228

Published: Jan. 15, 2025

The world’s big cities, including Budapest, are becoming more crowded, with and people living in smaller spaces. There is an increasing demand for green space trees, less vertical horizontal space. In addition, deteriorating environmental conditions making it even difficult trees to grow survive. Tree species urban areas have multiple functions high ecosystem services when good health. Among taxa diverse habits, sizes, crown shapes, growth vigor, longevity, tolerance, canopy habit, our research aims evaluate specimens of spherical requirements sizes but regular geometric shapes public plantations Budapest. the restricted habitats, city’s cadastral records include 4676 crowns. examined, eight globular crowns (Acer platanoides ‘Globosum’, Catalpa bignonioides ‘Nana’, Celtis occidentalis ‘Globosa’, Fraxinus excelsior ornus ‘Mecsek’, Platanus × hispanica ‘Alphen’s Globe’, Prunus eminens ‘Umbraculifera’ Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Umbraculifera’) were evaluated relation age, health, wood type, size, shade projection order show which or will be suitable future.

Language: Английский

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Unmanned aircraft in nature conservation: an example from plant invasions

International Journal of Remote Sensing, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 38(8-10), P. 2177 - 2198

Published: Jan. 13, 2017

To successfully fight plant invasions, new methods enabling fast and efficient monitoring are needed, remote sensing can make their management more less expensive. However, the data resolution, cost, availability be limiting. Optimal solution depends on species characteristics, where spectral spatial resolution compensate each other to some extent, phenology plays an important role. Available high satellite sufficient for recognition of that distinct either large or form uniform patches at size comparable pixel size. For species, higher is unmanned aircraft (UAV) provide extremely (cm) low cost flexibility. We assess its potential map invasive black locust (BL, Robinia pseudoaccacia), testing imagery different origin (satellite, UAV), (multispectral, ​​red, green, blue (RGB) + near-infrared (NIR)) various technical approaches choose best strategy balancing between precision detection economic feasibility. Using purposely designed low-cost UAV with tailless fixed wing design two consumer cameras (RGB modified NIR) ensures robustness repeatable field performance while maintaining aerodynamic efficiency, resulting mapping capacity over 10 km2 per day. Several challenges exist in application, such as lower geometrical radiometric distortions, significant amount (necessity automatic processing). In our study, we tested options processing present comparison orthomosaic accuracies. repeated measurements, it ensure co-registration pixels/objects from phenological phases. Investment GPS receiver post-processing eliminated laborious collection ground control points, objects across multiple flights. study evidence benefit system classification accuracies target outcompeting WorldView-2 data, describe methodology used practical invasions.

Language: Английский

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Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) as a multi-purpose tree species in Hungary and Romania: a review

Journal of Forestry Research, Journal Year: 2018, Volume and Issue: 29(6), P. 1449 - 1463

Published: March 19, 2018

Language: Английский

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Five major invasive alien tree species in European Union forest habitat types of the Alpine and Continental biogeographical regions

Journal for Nature Conservation, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 43, P. 227 - 238

Published: July 23, 2017

Language: Английский

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