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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2022 The primary dengue virus vectors, Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, are primarily daytime biting mosquitoes. The risk of infection is suspected to be considerable in urban parks due to visitor traffic.
Trang Thi Thuy Huynh, Noboru Minakawa
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Does the distance from the formal path affect the richness, abundance and diversity of geophytes in urban forests and parks? [PDF]
, 2023 Geophytes are a characteristic element of deciduous forests in the temperate zone, as well as a common component of urban green spaces due to their early flowering and high decorative value.
Katarzyna Gmyrek +5 more
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Nature’s Neighborhood: The Housing Premium of Urban Parks in Dense Cities
LandUrban parks, a core component of urban landscapes, play a crucial role in mitigating the negative effects of rapid urbanization and achieving sustainable urban development.
Siqi Feng +5 more
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Urban parks are a refuge for birds in park-poor areas
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Urban parks provide amenities that support both human and animal communities. However, parks are often unevenly distributed within cities. One metric used to assess the distribution of parks to the public is termed the Park Score.
Amy V. Vasquez, Eric M. Wood
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Local and landscape drivers of bird community shifts in urban parks in a neotropical city
Acta Biológica ColombianaUrban growth affects bird community composition and diversity. However, these effects may vary based on urbanization level and season. We explored how local and landscape variables influenced urban avoiders, exploiters, and adapters birds during two ...
R. Carlos Almazán-Núñez +4 more
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Seasonal impact of urban parks on land surface temperature (LST) in semi-arid city of Tehran
International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2021 This paper studies the impact of parks as an element of urban green infrastructure on regulating surface temperature in the semi-arid city of Tehran, Iran.
Farimah Sadat Jamali +2 more
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, 2021 Natural and human drivers both drive novel assemblages of native and non-native plants in urban vegetation, but they are often studied separately. We studied both planted and spontaneously-established plants in urban parks to understand how natural and ...
Chi-Ru Chang, Ming-chun Chen, M. Su
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 The scientific siting of urban parks is critical for sustainable urban environment development, and this study aimed to identify suitable areas for future urban parks in Nanjing, China.
Chenying Li +3 more
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Avian ResearchBird plumage color has been assessed as a possible trait driving the presence of bird species in urban areas. Although some species can see the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum, the mentioned studies did not take into account UV reflectance when characterizing ...
Lucas M. Leveau
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Place attachment through interaction with urban parks: A cross-cultural study
Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021 Globalization and mobile societies challenge large cities to provide not only basic services, such as water or housing, but also places where long-term residents and (forced) migrants are able to form bonds and attribute meanings.
Mahsa Bazrafshan +3 more
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