Hypothesis Description: Enemy Release Hypothesis

Research Ideas and Outcomes, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10

Published: Feb. 1, 2024

This paper provides a brief overview of major hypothesis in invasion biology: the enemy release hypothesis. Building on summary different previous definitions, we provide following revised definition: “A reduced pressure by enemies non-native range contributes to success.” Further, suggest formalizing basic form ‘subject - relationship object’ allow for disambiguating existing meanings and enhancing their usability machines.

Language: Английский

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Insect ecology and conservation in urban areas: An overview of knowledge and needs

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 17(2), P. 169 - 181

Published: March 1, 2024

Abstract Urban expansion across the globe profoundly impacts local biodiversity. The growing body of urban ecology research on animals has largely focused mammals and birds, whereas knowledge insect conservation in areas remains limited. To anchor this Special Issue (SI), we have taken a broad approach to editorial conducted structured literature search set scene. We provide here an overview existing reviews conservation, indicate where articles included SI contribute developing our understanding point priority for further investigation. Key themes (at individual, species, and/or community level) include influence habitat quality, quantity land use type diversity; anthropogenic pollution (for instance, heat, noise, light chemicals); connectivity changes structure density genetic diversity. Insect diversity abundance broadly decline with loss habitat. Beyond this, variation responses different taxa, or regions, methodological limitations individual studies make it challenging identify general patterns. environments should focus applying ecological theory understand patterns; investigating interactions between climate change contexts; identifying novel biodiversity; addressing harmonising approaches; exploring social historical factors must also consider into how best communicate value insects humans.

Language: Английский

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How do urbanization and alien species affect the plant taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity in different types of urban green areas?

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 30(40), P. 92390 - 92403

Published: July 25, 2023

Human pressure on urban landscapes has serious consequences for plant species. Therefore, environmental and anthropogenic factors affect the assembly of wildlife in communities. For biodiversity conservation ecosystem services areas, it is crucial to understand impacts urbanization as well introduction alien species On 47 sites Poznań (W Poland), we studied variation within between three management greenery habitats, i.e., parks, associated with housing estates, grasslands, they relate taxonomical, functional, phylogenetic alpha beta diversity. We also examined how (measured by ISA) vegetation compositional differences. found that both cover decreased diversity, while had various diversity each habitat. Our results suggest human leads similarities flora, where specific functional traits adapted environment. To achieve sustainable urbanization, planners should not only create diverse green spaces but eliminate plants, increasing role land promoting wildness cities.

Language: Английский

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Urban trees through a functional traits’ lens: Exploring the interplay between tree functional groups and social-ecological factors

Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 107, P. 128749 - 128749

Published: Feb. 27, 2025

Language: Английский

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Leaf metabolomic traits decipher the invasiveness of Alternanthera philoxeroides in urban wetlands

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 968, P. 178888 - 178888

Published: Feb. 22, 2025

Language: Английский

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Colourful Urban Birds: Bird Species Successful in Urban Environments Have More Elaborate Colours and Less Brown

Ecology Letters, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 28(4)

Published: April 1, 2025

Rapidly expanding urbanisation presents significant challenges to wildlife. Consequently, many studies have investigated the impact of on diverse organisms. However, despite ecological relevance animal colouration, its association with remains poorly understood. Using a global database, we computed an index urban success for 1287 bird species and quantified estimates plumage colour. Our analyses showed that birds do well in environments are more likely be blue, dark grey black, less brown or yellow. After considering phylogenetic relatedness, only effects yellow remained significant. Species high also exhibit elaborate colours, but not higher sexual dichromatism. We provide eco-evolutionary explanations these results. Assemblage-level did support colour homogenisation hypothesis: Urban communities were colour-diverse after accounting richness. findings suggest colours part urban-associated syndrome.

Language: Английский

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When the Bear Comes to Town: How the City Could Create Nature

Urban Planning and Construction, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(2)

Published: March 29, 2024

The relationship between humans and nature is in permanent change. Where the city used to be seen as enemies that needed kept away from each other, current paradigm looks at a more symbiotic relationship. In this, man part of nature, determining factor providing conditions for rich urban ecology. this study, are starting point design, enabling biodiversity thrive. aim research distill design strategies enhance an context. These derived existing theories, typical understanding natural landscape, applied heated, dry, rocky metropolitan region Monterrey, Mexico. main finding contains ecologies with their own characteristics, often distinct rural or ecologies. specific can amplified using adequate strategies, which may lead greater biodiversity. For improving biodiversity, perspective on shall transformed seeing it enemy towards two. At same time, requires additional into two aspects: way able create its climatic conditions, how landscape-based occupies these novel ecological niches.

Language: Английский

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Metabolic Network Analysis Reveals Human Impact on Urban Nitrogen Cycles

Land, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(8), P. 1199 - 1199

Published: Aug. 4, 2024

Human interactions have led to the emergence of a higher complexity urban metabolic networks; hence, traditional natural- or agriculture-oriented biogeochemical models might not be transferred well environments. Increasingly serious environmental problems require development new concepts and models. Here, we propose basic paradigm for urban–rural complex nitrogen (N) network reconstruction (NMNR) by introducing methodologies from systems biology at molecular scale, analyzing both local global structural properties exploring optimization regulation methods. Using Great Hangzhou Areas System (GHA) as case study, revealed that pathway fluxes follow power law distribution, which indicates human-dominated pathways constitute principal part functions whole network. However, only 1.16% effective cycling an average hamming distance 5.23 between main indicate lacks diverse feedback loops, could lead low robustness. Furthermore, more than half N did pass through core metabolism, causing waste pollution. We also provided strategies design structures regulate system function: improving robustness reducing pollution referring characteristics biochemical networks (e.g., bow-tie structure). This method can used replace trial-and-error in design. By decomposing GHA into 4398 corresponding with NMNR helps us quantify vulnerability current cycle. The ideas methodology applied coupled human natural advance sustainable studies, they extend molecule ecosystems multi-scale unified theory biology.

Language: Английский

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Urban Ecology

Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 6

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

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A conceptual classification scheme of invasion science

BioScience, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 74(12), P. 840 - 850

Published: Aug. 22, 2024

Abstract In the era of big data and global biodiversity decline, there is a pressing need to transform information into findable actionable knowledge. We propose conceptual classification scheme for invasion science that goes beyond hypothesis networks allows organize publications sets, guide research directions, identify knowledge gaps. Combining expert with literature analysis, we identified five major themes in this field: introduction pathways, success invasibility, impacts invasion, managing biological invasions, meta-invasion science. divided these 10 broader questions linked them 39 hypotheses forming theoretical foundation As artificial intelligence advances, such schemes will become important references organizing scientific information. Our approach can be extended other fields, fostering cross-disciplinary connections leverage needed address Anthropocene challenges.

Language: Английский

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