Convergence and divergence in science and practice of urban and rural forest restoration

JP Romanelli, MR Piana, VH Klaus… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Forest restoration has never been higher on policymakers' agendas. Complex and multi‐
dimensional arrangements across the urban–rural continuum challenge restorationists and …

Restoring forest ecosystem services through trait-based ecology

I Aubin, É Deschênes, KR Santala… - Environmental …, 2024 - cdnsciencepub.com
Restoration is moving towards a more mechanistic approach that emphasizes restoration of
ecosystem services. Trait-based approaches provide links between species identity and …

Climate Adaptation Measures for Enhancing Urban Resilience

SMHS Rezvani, NM de Almeida, MJ Falcão - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate change threatens urban areas globally. Enhancing resilience is crucial, yet the
comprehensive clustering of practical climate adaptation measures for use in construction …

Leveraging plant functional traits in the design of nature‐based solutions: A research agenda

A Ramachandran, L Dee, M Hayden… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nature‐based solutions (NbS) involve interventions that modify ecosystems to enhance
multiple ecosystem services (ES). Yet, despite our increasing knowledge of the key role that …

Trait-based approaches for understanding how biodiversity generates sustainable benefits in urban vegetated green infrastructure

JE Behm, N Bélouard, JM Gleditsch, PM Phillips… - Current Opinion in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Highlights•Our understanding of how biodiversity generates urban ecosystem services is
lacking.•We provide an agenda to focus biodiversity–urban ecosystem service …

A roadmap for designing semi-natural habitat: Plantings that benefit pollinators and people, not pests

BG Howlett, MA Broussard, N Bordes, S Graham… - Advances in Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
For growers of insect-pollinated crops, protection or creation of on-farm semi-natural habitats
(SNHs) is often recommended as a strategy for increasing pollinator diversity to achieve …

Perennial herb diversity contributes more than annual herb diversity to multifunctionality in dryland ecosystems of North-western China

H Guo, X Zhou, Y Tao, J Yin, L Zhang, X Guo… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Considerable attention has been given to how different aspects of biodiversity
sustain ecosystem functions. Herbs are a critical component of the plant community of …

[HTML][HTML] Green infrastructure design for the containment of biological invasions. Insights from a peri-urban case study in Rome, Italy

A Montaldi, D Iamonico, E Del Vico, S Valeri… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Secondary shrublands and transitional woodland/shrub formations are recognised to be
particularly susceptible to plant invasions, one of the main global threats to biodiversity …

Initial assemblage characteristics determine the functional dynamics of flower‐strip plant communities

A Gardarin, M Valantin‐Morison - Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In agroecosystems, species‐rich habitats, such as linear field margins and flower strips, are
beneficial to the overall biodiversity and contribute to pest control. Their effects are thought …

Os Habitats Naturais e Semi-Naturais no Desenho dos Espaços Abertos Urbanos-Uma Abordagem aos Desafios da Cidade Contemporânea

CCA de Carvalho, F de Matos - 2024 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Os Espaços Abertos Urbanos (EAU) representam a natureza na cidade e fornecem
múltiplos benefícios. Nas cidades contemporâneas a sua eficiência ecológica é …