The sub-lethal impact of plastic and tire rubber leachates on the Mediterranean mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

Environmental Pollution, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 283, С. 117081 - 117081

Опубликована: Апрель 4, 2021

Язык: Английский

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Urban forest invertebrates: how they shape and respond to the urban environment

Urban Ecosystems, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 25(6), С. 1589 - 1609

Опубликована: Май 19, 2022

Abstract Invertebrates comprise the most diversified animal group on Earth. Due to their long evolutionary history and small size, invertebrates occupy a remarkable range of ecological niches, play an important role as “ecosystem engineers” by structuring networks mutualistic antagonistic interactions in almost all terrestrial ecosystems. Urban forests provide critical ecosystem services humans, and, other systems, are central maintaining functioning urban forests. Identifying can help elucidate importance practitioners public, not only preserve biodiversity environments, but also make public aware functional healthy greenspaces. In this review, we examine multiple roles that contribute service provisioning, including pollination, predation, herbivory, seed microorganism dispersal organic matter decomposition, those lead disservices, primarily from health perspective, e.g., transmission invertebrate-borne diseases. We then identify number filters structure forest invertebrate communities, such changes habitat structure, increased landscape imperviousness, microclimatic pollution. discuss complexity ways respond urbanisation, acclimation, local extinction evolution. Finally, present management recommendations support conserve viable diverse populations into future.

Язык: Английский

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Native and exotic plants play different roles in urban pollination networks across seasons

Oecologia, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 201(2), С. 525 - 536

Опубликована: Янв. 24, 2023

Urban areas often host exotic plant species, whether managed or spontaneous. These plants are suspected of affecting pollinator diversity and the structure pollination networks. However, in dense cityscapes, also provide additional flower resources during periods scarcity, consequences for seasonal dynamics networks still need to be investigated. For two consecutive years, we monitored monthly plant-pollinator 12 green spaces Paris, France. We focused on variations availability attractiveness resources, comparing native at both species community levels. considered their respective contributions network properties over time (specialization nestedness). Exotic provided more abundant diverse than plants, especially from late summer on. received visits attracted level; certain times year level as well. were involved generalist interactions, increasingly so seasons. In addition, they contributed nestedness plants. results show that major components interactions a urban landscape, even though less attractive natives. They constitute core increase can participate overall stability network. most seldom visited by insects. Pollinator communities may benefit including when managing spaces.

Язык: Английский

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Biodiversity-friendly practices to support urban nature across ecosystem levels in green areas at different scales

Urban forestry & urban greening, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 128682 - 128682

Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025

Язык: Английский

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Spiritual tourism for psychotherapeutic healing post COVID-19

Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 38(8), С. 769 - 781

Опубликована: Май 24, 2021

The study explored people's life experiences, mental health, and well-being during the lockdown phase of coronavirus pandemic. It discusses inclination motivation for travel post-COVID-19. Narrative inquiry was used as a qualitative research design. Thematic analysis sentimental were applied to assess participants' state, emotions, choices. Respondents described their lived experiences around seven major themes. Nature-based spiritual elevation, transformation, healing emerged most sought out choice provides foundation policy formulation will facilitate understanding perceptions expectations from travelling post-COVID-19..

Язык: Английский

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Urban greening with shrubs can supercharge invertebrate abundance and diversity

Scientific Reports, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(1)

Опубликована: Апрель 16, 2024

Abstract In urban areas, diverse and complex habitats for biodiversity are often lacking. This lack of diversity not only compromises essential ecological processes, such as pollination nutrient cycling, but also diminishes the resilience ecosystems to pests diseases. To enhance biodiversity, a possible solution is integrate shrubs alongside trees, thereby increasing overall amount vegetation, structural complexity associated resource diversity. Here, using common garden experiment involving variety trees planted alone in combination, we evaluate how canopy-associated invertebrate assemblages influenced by vegetation type. particular, test whether presence shrubs, or with results increased abundance taxonomic richness invertebrates, compared on their own. We found that specific functional groups (e.g., herbivores, pollinators, detritivores), was higher when were combination (relative own). Our suggest planting shrub tree species wide dense crowns can increase group communities. Overall, our findings indicate planning would benefit from incorporating maximise abundance, function landscapes.

Язык: Английский

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Plant native: comparing biodiversity benefits, ecosystem services provisioning, and plant performance of native and non-native plants in urban horticulture

Urban Ecosystems, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown

Опубликована: Сен. 26, 2024

Язык: Английский

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Rapid responses of bees and butterflies but not birds to targeted urban road verge habitat enhancements

Journal of Applied Ecology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 61(6), С. 1312 - 1322

Опубликована: Апрель 4, 2024

Abstract Cities provide opportunities for biodiversity conservation through the design of urban greenspaces as wildlife habitat. A significant proportion public land is narrow linear road verges, though their small size and harsh environmental conditions (e.g. high soil temperatures) may limit ability to support plants animals. We worked with a municipal government in highly urbanised area test whether conversion standard verges lawn) predominantly native understorey (forbs, grasses shrubs) selected abilities tolerate growing habitat increased abundance richness bees, butterflies birds. used before‐after‐control‐impact experiment characterised temporal dynamics responses 1 year prior planting 4 years post‐planting. also tested traits known influence species urbanisation (body feeding specialisation) mediated verge plantings. Bee at experimental plantings first post‐planting remained stable thereafter despite fluctuations control sites. Butterfly but not increased, there was no evidence bird Larger bee species, which are be most negatively impacted by urbanisation, benefited more from plantings, while effect specialisation. Bird butterfly did mediate Synthesis applications . Road comprise green spaces, our results suggest that sizes they can bees lesser extent butterflies. demonstrated value rapidly enhanced converting these benefits greatest urbanisation. Modifications such additional plant or wider required greater range taxa including birds

Язык: Английский

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Urban insect bioarks of the 21st century

Current Opinion in Insect Science, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 57, С. 101028 - 101028

Опубликована: Апрель 5, 2023

Язык: Английский

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Complex floral traits shape pollinator attraction to flowering plants in urban greenspaces

Urban forestry & urban greening, Год журнала: 2023, Номер 91, С. 128165 - 128165

Опубликована: Дек. 1, 2023

Urban greenspaces are recognized as a benefit to pollinator conservation. Selective planting of attractive flowering plants can improve the conservation value urban greenspaces. However, functional traits that moderate preference merits further study. We analyzed 98 ornamental and spontaneous plant species for ten categories floral across twelve parks or campus in Wuhan, megacity located central China. Our results revealed that: (1) Plant vary enormously their visitation rate. (2) For Lepidoptera, number individuals plot was lower disk/bowl-shaped flowers than other flower shapes, it negatively corelated with corolla tube length. The Diptera higher white, red/pink yellow/orange blue/violet flowers. (3) Honeybees preferred exotic annual/biennial herbaceous species, disk/bowl flag Solitary bees horizontal, lip most frequently visited upward-facing, heads Lepidoptera funnel-shaped heads. Blue/violet diverse orientation were by groups. recommend native woody (Nandina domestica, Thymus quinquecostatus, Lagerstroemia indica, Tamarix austromongolica) (Centaurea cyanus, Borago officinalis, Portulaca grandiflora, Echinacea purpurea) support multiple As preferences differ among pollinators, increasing richness is conducive promote overall diversity.

Язык: Английский

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