Urban green spaces provide important ecological, environmental, and cultural benefits,
including biodiversity conservation and human wellbeing. However, a significant portion of …

Urban areas can be differently anthropized; often, high-density populations lead to higher
amounts of pollution. Nowadays, ornamental plants can represent important living …

Annual-based arable agroecosystems experience among the greatest frequency, extent and
magnitude of disturbance regimes of all terrestrial ecosystems. In order to control non-crop …

This literature review focuses on the prevalence of nitrogen and phosphorus in urban
environments and the complex relationships between land use and water quality. Extensive …

Turf is an important component of the urban and rural landscape. The natural plant
formations/biomes that it mimics are the tropical savanna, the temperate grasslands (steppe …

Expansion of tree cover is a major management goal in cities because of the substantial
benefits provided to people, and potentially to water quality through reduction of stormwater …

Nitrogen (N) leaching to surface waters from grain farms in the Mississippi River Basin
(MRB), USA, is the primary cause of hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. Regional‐scale N mass …

Urbanization has degraded ecosystem services on a global scale, and cities are vulnerable
to long-term stresses and risks exacerbated by climate change. Green infrastructure (GI) has …

Lake Wilcox (LW), a shallow kettle lake located in southern Ontario, has experienced
multiple phases of land use change associated with human settlement and residential …

Soils in urban green spaces are an important carbon (C) store, but urban soils with a high
carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio can also buffer N eutrophication from fertilizer use or …