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A roadmap to key traits of invasive Drosophilidae

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biological invasions have intensified in recent decades, mostly driven by international trade and travel, raising significant concerns, particularly regarding insect pests. Once non‐native species establish, they can disrupt natural ecosystem stability, undermine agroecosystem sustainability and cause substantial economic losses.
Gwenaëlle Deconninck, Bréa Raynaud‐Berton, Méghan Boulembert, Olivier Chabrerie, Aude Couty, Franck Dedeine, Patrice Eslin, Vincent Foray, Romain Georges, Patricia Gibert, Laurence Mouton, Sylvain Pincebourde, David Renault, Christelle Suppo, Hervé Colinet   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

UC pursues rooted research with a nonprofit, links the many benefits of community gardens

California Agriculture, 2017
The informal economy, healthy food options and alternative urban food systems are interconnected in important ways. To better understand these connections, and explore a rooted university approach to working with communities, we collaborated with the San
Mirle Rabinowitz Bussell, James Bliesner, Keith Pezzoli   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Pollutant accumulation and microbial community evolution in rain gardens with different drainage types at field scale

Scientific Reports
Rain gardens play a key role in urban non-point source pollution control. The drainage type affects the infiltration processes of runoff pollutants.
Zhaoxin Zhang, Yang Zhang, Jiake Li, Yingying Sun, Zhe Liu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community Food Production as Food Security: Resource and Economic Valuation in Madison, Wisconsin (USA)

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development, 2014
Community food production (CFP) is emerging worldwide as a key component of programming designed to address community food insecurity. CFP resources in the form of home gardens, community gardens, and school gardens continue to gain wide support and ...
Vincent M. Smith, John A. Harrington
doaj   +1 more source

Growing community through community gardens : guidelines for using community gardens as a tool for building community

, 1997
This creative project has determined that community gardening is a vehicle for building community. The benefits for community gardens are observed by the individuals that garden, the neighborhoods that support community gardening, as well as, the cities ...
Leonard, Jenny R.
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Dynamics of biotic resistance to plant invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Biotic resistance, the reduction in invasion success caused by native communities, plays an important role in the long‐term dynamics of biological invasions. A large body of empirical research on biotic resistance has accumulated since the last comprehensive review on the subject 20 years ago, enabling us to achieve a refined understanding of ...
Christine S. Sheppard, Joshua I. Brian, Wayne Dawson, Petr Dostál, Franz Essl, Michal Gruntman, Tina Heger, Mark van Kleunen, Mialy Razanajatovo, Lena C. Reimann, Frank M. Schurr, Montserrat Vilà, Florencia A. Yannelli, Marina Golivets   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rising Strong: Cultivating Resilience in Edible City Entrepreneurship. Insights Into the Landscape of Urban Food Initiatives

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to growing global challenges, this study explores how social entrepreneurship within the Edible City movement contributes to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable urban food systems. Drawing on semistructured interviews with over 70 stakeholders across five cities—Berlin, Andernach, Oslo, Rotterdam, and Havana—we ...
Ina Säumel, Stephanie Ligan, Alice Bischof, Edi Emilov Ivanov, Laura Martinez‐Izquierdo, Sara Noémie Plassnig, Marisa Pettit   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating the Potential of Community Gardens to Foster Shared Ownership of Public Green Spaces in Malta

Proceedings
This study explores the potential of community gardens as a tool for promoting sustainable urban living within the Maltese context [...]
Ryan Debono, Sarah Scheiber
doaj   +1 more source

Companion Planting: the role of networks in sustaining organised garden projects and achieving positive social outcomes

, 2011
From the late nineteenth century community gardens, or organised garden projects (OGPs), have been used by governments as mechanisms for providing economic and social relief during times of economic downturn.
Wilson, Jessica
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Green Is the New Gold: Redefining Opulent Lifestyle Through Organic Food Purchases

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Prior studies based on the Theory of Planned Behavior mostly examined the effects of health and environmental concerns on organic food consumption; however, few addressed the paradoxical relationships in the context of opulent or symbolic decorum.
Neha Sharma, Swati Singh, Agnieszka Kabalska, Ralf Wagner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source