Urbanization shapes the ecology and evolution of plant-arthropod herbivore interactions

LS Miles, ST Breitbart, HH Wagner… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Urbanization is quickly changing natural and agricultural landscapes, with consequences for
the herbivorous arthropods dwelling in or near cities. Here, we review the evidence for the …

Temporal resource (dis) continuity for conservation biological control: From field to landscape scales

B Iuliano, C Gratton - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Conservation biological control (CBC) seeks to promote the occurrence of natural enemies
of agricultural pests by managing habitat to provide key resources in and around farm fields …

Urbanisation drivers and underlying mechanisms of terrestrial insect diversity loss in cities

MS Fenoglio, A Calviño, E González… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
1. Urbanisation is one of the main land‐use changes behind global insect collapse. Despite
that previous studies have described the negative effects of urbanisation on insect …

Wild bee abundance declines with urban warming, regardless of floral density

AL Hamblin, E Youngsteadt, SD Frank - Urban Ecosystems, 2018 - Springer
As cities expand, conservation of beneficial insects is essential to maintaining robust urban
ecosystem services such as pollination. Urban warming alters insect physiology, fitness, and …

Differential air temperature cooling performance of urban vegetation types in the tropics

DR Richards, TK Fung, RN Belcher… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2020 - Elsevier
The tendency for cities to be warmer than surrounding rural areas, known as the urban heat
island effect, has become a matter of increasing concern, particularly in regions with a hot …

Warming and drought combine to increase pest insect fitness on urban trees

AG Dale, SD Frank - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Urban habitats are characterized by impervious surfaces, which increase temperatures and
reduce water availability to plants. The effects of these conditions on herbivorous insects are …

Fine-scale variation in microclimate across an urban landscape shapes variation in mosquito population dynamics and the potential of Aedes albopictus to transmit …

CC Murdock, MV Evans, TD McClanahan… - PLoS neglected …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Most statistical and mechanistic models used to predict mosquito-borne disease
transmission incorporate climate drivers of disease transmission by utilizing environmental …

Do cities simulate climate change? A comparison of herbivore response to urban and global warming

E Youngsteadt, AG Dale, AJ Terando… - Global change …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Cities experience elevated temperature, CO 2, and nitrogen deposition decades ahead of
the global average, such that biological response to urbanization may predict response to …

Agroecological and social characteristics of New York city community gardens: contributions to urban food security, ecosystem services, and environmental education

MM Gregory, TW Leslie, LE Drinkwater - Urban ecosystems, 2016 - Springer
There is growing public interest and participation in food-producing urban community
gardens in North America, yet little research has examined agricultural production and …

[HTML][HTML] Urbanization hampers biological control of insect pests: A global meta-analysis

D Korányi, M Egerer, A Rusch, B Szabó… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biological control is a major ecosystem service provided by pest natural enemies, even in
densely populated areas where the use of pesticides poses severe risks to human and …