Biodiversity in the city: key challenges for urban green space management

MFJ Aronson, CA Lepczyk, KL Evans… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cities play important roles in the conservation of global biodiversity, particularly through the
planning and management of urban green spaces (UGS). However, UGS management is …

[HTML][HTML] Urban green spaces and sustainability: Exploring the ecosystem services and disservices of grassy lawns versus floral meadows

S Paudel, SL States - Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2023 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces provide important ecological, environmental, and cultural benefits,
including biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing. However, a significant portion of …

Urban meadows as an alternative to short mown grassland: effects of composition and height on biodiversity

BA Norton, GD Bending, R Clark… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
There are increasing calls to provide greenspace in urban areas, yet the ecological quality,
as well as quantity, of greenspace is important. Short mown grassland designed for …

Wild bees in urban grasslands: Urbanisation, functional diversity and species traits

S Buchholz, AK Gathof, AJ Grossmann… - Landscape and Urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
While cities are known as important habitats for wild bees, a conceptual understanding of
how assemblages of wild bee species are shaped by urban environments is limited. We …

[HTML][HTML] Biodiversity potential of burial places–a review on the flora and fauna of cemeteries and churchyards

V Löki, B Deák, AB Lukács, A Molnár - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
During the past centuries human-induced land use changes resulted in a considerable loss
of natural habitats worldwide. In transformed landscapes historical burial places such as …

[KSIĄŻKA][B] Teaching climate change to adolescents: Reading, writing, and making a difference

R Beach, J Share, A Webb - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
CO-PUBLISHED BY ROUTLEDGE AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF
ENGLISH Teaching Climate Change to Adolescents is THE essential resource for middle …

[HTML][HTML] The lawn as a social and cultural phenomenon in Sweden

M Ignatieva, F Eriksson, T Eriksson, P Berg… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2017 - Elsevier
Lawns have a significant influence on the cityscape as one of the essential elements of
green spaces and an important part of people's everyday lives. Most people in the Western …

[KSIĄŻKA][B] The Routledge handbook of urban ecology

I Douglas, D Goode, M Houck, R Wang - 2011 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Names: Douglas, Ian, 1936–editor.| Routledge (Firm) Title: The Routledge handbook of
urban ecology/edited by Ian Douglas, Pippin Anderson, David Goode, Michael C. Houck …

Less is more! Rapid increase in plant species richness after reduced mowing in urban grasslands

M Sehrt, O Bossdorf, M Freitag, A Bucharova - Basic and Applied Ecology, 2020 - Elsevier
Urban lawns provide space for recreation in cities, and they are an important part of urban
green infrastructures. However, most lawns are intensively managed. As only few plant …

Intended wilderness as a Nature-based Solution: Status, identification and management of urban spontaneous vegetation in cities

D Sikorska, W Ciężkowski, P Babańczyk… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Nature-based Solutions (NbS) have been an increasingly recognized framework
that uses naturally occurring processes to maximise the provisioning of ecosystem services …