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Accumulation of Heavy Metal Ions from Urban Soil in Spontaneous Flora

open access: yesWater, 2023
This study aimed to analyse the bioaccumulation of heavy metal ions in plants of spontaneous flora. An urban area was established from which soil samples were taken and analyses were performed on the content of heavy metal ions.
M. Harja   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Anthropogenic transformation of the flora of urbanoecosystems of the Northern Pre-Azov region

open access: yesBiosystems Diversity, 2017
This paper provides a thorough analysis of the current state of biodiversity of a model city in the Northern Pre-Azov region ofUkraine– Henichesk (Khersonregion).
S. Y. Maltseva   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The urban heat island and the features of the flora in the Lublin City area, SE Poland

open access: yesActa Agrobotanica, 2018
Various forms of human activity in large cities contribute to the creation of a specific climate and new environmental conditions for plants. One of the most important results is the so-called atmospheric urban heat island (UHI).
Anna Rysiak, Bożenna Czarnecka
doaj   +1 more source

Indigenous and alien vascular plant species in a northern European urban setting (Tallinn, Estonia); pp. 431–441 [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 2016
In recent decades ecologists have accorded special attention to urban areas as loci for the introduction and possible invasion of alien species. Data are lacking on urban flora that would allow having an overview of these phenomena in the Baltic Sea ...
Tiina Elvisto, Margus Pensa, Elo Paluoja
doaj   +1 more source

Biotic homogenization in the availability of ornamental seeds of the native flora in Chile

open access: yesOrnamental Horticulture, 2023
Biotic homogenization is a global phenomenon, mainly in urban areas where exotic species are dominant, contributing to the loss of native biodiversity.
Pablo Díaz-Siefer   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The urban pteridophyte flora of Singapore

open access: yesJournal of Tropical Biology & Conservation (JTBC), 2014
A total of 81 species in 41 genera of pteridophytes were collected and documented from the urbanized parts of Singapore. Eight introduced and ornamental species are confirmed to have escaped and are growing wild in Singapore today. The endangered status of several fern species in Singapore reported in the second edition of Singapore Red Data Book are ...
Benito C. Tan   +7 more
openaire   +1 more source

The share of xerothermic species in vascular flora of the city of Lublin (Poland)

open access: yesActa Agrobotanica, 2012
The purpose of this study is to present the distribution and characteristics of xerothermic flora located within Lublin (51o08’-51o18’N and 22o27’-22o41E).
Anna Rysiak
doaj   +1 more source

Living More Than Just Enough for the City: Persistence of High-Quality Vegetation in Natural Areas in an Urban Setting

open access: yesDiversity, 2011
Urban environments pose special challenges to flora, including altered disturbance regimes, habitat fragmentation, and increased opportunity for invasion by non-native species. In addition, urban natural area represents most people’s contact with nature,
Marcia E. Moore   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

La ville comme objet de connaissance naturaliste en suisse au XXe siècle

open access: yesRevue d'anthropologie des connaissances, 2023
The article revisits the history of the urban turn in ecology since the 1970s by focusing on the naturalistic research in the Swiss context. It’s based on a systematic and qualitative corpus analysis of 450 journal publications of local Swiss naturalist ...
Maud Chalmandrier   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

RARE COMPETENT OF THE URBAN FLORA OF PEREIASLAV

open access: yesYoung Scientist, 2020
The article presents data on the current state of the rare component of the urban flora of Pereiaslav. Urbanization is one of the most powerful factors of anthropogenic impact on nature, which causes radical changes in the species composition, structure, evolutionary development of flora and fauna on the territory of settlements and their environs. The
Natalia Kretsul, Olesya Yarova
openaire   +1 more source

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