Cities are important for biodiversity conservation and are a central focus in the United
Nations Decade of Ecosystem Restoration. Species reintroductions and population …

This perspective emerged from ongoing dialogue among ecologists initiated by a virtual
workshop in 2021. A transdisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners conclude that …

This paper builds on the expansion of urban ecology from a biologically based discipline—
ecology in the city—to an increasingly interdisciplinary field—ecology of the city—to a …

Cities provide opportunities for biodiversity conservation through the design of urban
greenspaces as wildlife habitat. A significant proportion of urban public land is narrow linear …

We ask how environmental justice and urban ecology have influenced one another over the
past 25 years in the context of the US Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) program and …

Silo-ed thinking, fragmented knowledge systems and short-termism remain key challenges
in transforming urban systems and policy making towards more sustainable and resilient …

The need for a pluralistic approach to biodiversity conservation science and policy is
increasingly being recognized. We argue that plural perspectives require multilingualism in …

For the inaugural year of Urban Ecosystems, Pickett et al.(1997) wrote an editorial that has
had an enduring influence on the development of urban social-ecological science. They …

Sustainable landsca** programs are voluntary initiatives that recommend a set of
practices to improve the environmental quality of urban ecosystems by providing …

Ports are expanding urban systems worldwide which provide important economic benefits to
local economies. But port land reclamation together with infrastructure deployment and …