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Citizen Science and the Urban Ecology of Birds and Butterflies - A Systematic Review. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Citizen science has gained widespread currency as a tool for ecological research over the past decade. However, in the discipline of urban ecology, the existing contributions and future potential of citizen science engagement, specifically in terms of ...
James Wang Wei, Benjamin P Y-H Lee, Low Bing Wen   +2 more
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Shifting forward: Urban ecology in perspective. [PDF]

Ambio
The world has become urban; cities increasingly shape our worldviews, relation to other species, and the large-scale, long-term decisions we make. Cities are nature, but they need to align better with other ecosystems to avoid accelerating climate change
Pickett STA, Frantzeskaki N, Andersson E, Barau AS, Childers DL, Hoover FA, Lugo AE, McPhearson T, Nagendra H, Schepers S, Sharifi A.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A transformative shift in urban ecology toward a more active and relevant future for the field and for cities. [PDF]

Ambio
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 transdisciplinary, knowledge to action endeavor—an ecology for and with the ...
Frantzeskaki N, Childers DL, Pickett S, Hoover FA, Anderson P, Barau A, Ginsberg J, Grove M, Lodder M, Lugo AE, McPhearson T, Muñoz-Erickson TA, Quartier M, Schepers S, Sharifi A, van de Sijpe K.   +15 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The relational shift in urban ecology: From place and structures to multiple modes of coproduction for positive urban futures. [PDF]

Ambio
This perspective emerged from ongoing dialogue among ecologists initiated by a virtual workshop in 2021. A transdisciplinary group of researchers and practitioners conclude that urban ecology as a science can better contribute to positive futures by ...
Pickett STA, Simone AT, Anderson P, Sharifi A, Barau A, Hoover FA, Childers DL, McPhearson T, Muñoz-Erickson TA, Pacteau C, Grove M, Frantzeskaki N, Nagendra H, Ginsberg J.   +13 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A New Framework for Urban Ecology: An Integration of Proximate and Ultimate Responses to Anthropogenic Change. [PDF]

Integr Comp Biol, 2018
As urban areas continue to grow, understanding how species respond and adapt to urban habitats is becoming increasingly important. Knowledge of the mechanisms behind observed phenotypic changes of urban-dwelling animals will enable us to better evaluate ...
Ouyang JQ, Isaksson C, Schmidt C, Hutton P, Bonier F, Dominoni D.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A framework for soil microbial ecology in urban ecosystems

Ecosphere, 2022
Nearly all ecosystems host diverse microbiomes that support vital ecosystem processes. At the same time, these ecosystems and their microbiomes are increasingly altered by human activities, particularly in highly managed urban environments.
Andie Nugent, Steven D. Allison
doaj   +2 more sources

Urban Ecology

Encyclopedia of Theoretical Ecology, 2019
Humans have become an urban species, but this is a rather recent phenomena. The first cities appeared around six thousand years ago and while their number increased, their population remained relatively small. This changed in the industrial revolution and today cities are home to more than 50 percent of the world’s human population.
Michael W. Strohbach, Boris Schröder
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

A Beginner's How‐To Guide to Urban Population Genetics and Genomics [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Urbanization is one of the most significant drivers of environmental change, shaping the ecological and evolutionary processes of plants and animals.
Elizabeth J. Carlen, Lindsay S. Miles, Kevin Aviles‐Rodriguez, Warren Booth   +3 more
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Research on Urban Waterfront Landscape Design Based on Ecological Urbanism [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences, 2021
In the overall urban environment the urban waterfront landscape area plays a dual function of landscape and culture, and is an important incubator for the natural ecology of the city.
Wu Xukun
doaj   +1 more source

Status of urban ecology in Africa: A systematic review

Landscape and Urban Planning, 2023
Urbanization is an extreme human activity and is expanding worldwide, consequently increasing the attention of scientists across research areas of urban ecology.
Adewale G. Awoyemi, J. D. Ibáñez-Álamo   +1 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source