Common ragweed: a threat to environmental health in Europe

M Smith, L Cecchi, CA Skjøth, G Karrer… - Environment …, 2013 - Elsevier
Common or short ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.) is an annual herb belonging to the
Asteraceae family that was described by Carl Linnaeus in the 18th century. It is a noxious …

Monitoring nature's calendar from space: Emerging topics in land surface phenology and associated opportunities for science applications

X Ma, X Zhu, Q ** allergenic pollen vegetation in UK to study environmental exposure and human health
RN McInnes, D Hemming, P Burgess, D Lyndsay… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Allergenic pollen is produced by the flowers of a number of trees, grasses and weeds found
throughout the UK. Exposure to such pollen grains can exacerbate pollen-related asthma …

Modelling the introduction and spread of non‐native species: International trade and climate change drive ragweed invasion

DS Chapman, L Makra, R Albertini… - Global Change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Biological invasions are a major driver of global change, for which models can attribute
causes, assess impacts and guide management. However, invasion models typically focus …

[HTML][HTML] An operational model for forecasting ragweed pollen release and dispersion in Europe

M Prank, DS Chapman, JM Bullock, J Belmonte… - Agricultural and forest …, 2013 - Elsevier
The paper considers the possibilities of modelling the release and dispersion of the pollen of
common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.), a highly allergenic invasive weed, which is …

Identifying urban sources as cause of elevated grass pollen concentrations using GIS and remote sensing

CA Skjøth, PV Ørby, T Becker, C Geels… - …, 2013 - bg.copernicus.org
We examine here the hypothesis that during flowering, the grass pollen concentrations at a
specific site reflect the distribution of grass pollen sources within a few kilometres of this site …

Climate-change-induced range shifts of three allergenic ragweeds (Ambrosia L.) in Europe and their potential impact on human health

K Rasmussen, J Thyrring, R Muscarella, F Borchsenius - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
Invasive allergenic plant species may have severe health-related impacts. In this study we
aim to predict the effects of climate change on the distribution of three allergenic ragweed …

Spatial and temporal variations in airborne Ambrosia pollen in Europe

B Sikoparija, CA Skjøth, S Çelenk, C Testoni… - Aerobiologia, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The European Commission Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action
FA1203 “SMARTER” aims to make recommendations for the sustainable management of …

Alternaria spores in the air across Europe: abundance, seasonality and relationships with climate, meteorology and local environment

CA Skjøth, A Damialis, J Belmonte, C De Linares… - Aerobiologia, 2016 - Springer
We explored the temporal and spatial variations in airborne Alternaria spore quantitative
and phenological features in Europe using 23 sites with annual time series between 3 and …