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Prioritizing sites for terrestrial invasive alien plant management in urban ecosystems.

Published online: 24 Oct 2022

Authors: Potgieter, L. J. & Shrestha, N. & Cadotte, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Rapid urbanization is placing increased pressure on natural, restored and designed ecosystems to provide services to growing human populations. The es...

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Inclusion of ecosystem services in the management of municipal natural open space systems.

Published online: 19 Mar 2024

Authors: Wessels, N. & Sitas, N. & O'Farrell, P. & Esler, K. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Unprecedented urbanisation in the Global South is transforming natural urban landscapes, impacting on the ability of nature to provide essential ecosy...

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Quieting soundscapes increases birds, heightens human experience and amplifies support for conservation.

Published online: 15 Nov 2020

Authors: Levenhagen, M. J. & Petrelli, A. R. & Miller, Z. D. & Petrelli, A. R. & Ferguson, L. A. & Shr YauHuo & Gomes, D. G. E. & Taff, B. D. & White, C. & Fristrup, K. & Monz, C. & McClure, C. J. W. & Newman, P. & Francis, C. D. & Barber, J. R.

Content type: Blog

Burgeoning urbanization, development and human activities have led to reduced opportunities for nature experience in quiet acoustic environments. Incr...

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Assessing the impact of festival music on bat activity.

Published online: 26 Sep 2023

Authors: Hooker, J. & Daley, E. & Stone, E. & Lintott, P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

Sound is a critical component of an animal's habitat, where it is used to glean important environmental information from their surroundings. The modif...

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Fruits of the city: the nature, nurture and future of urban foraging.

Published online: 09 Mar 2023

Authors: Sardeshpande, M. & Shackleton, C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Urban foraging is a global informal phenomenon which has been investigated in the Global North more than other parts of the world. Characterising the ...

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Using butterfly survey data to model habitat associations in urban developments.

Published online: 14 Jul 2024

Authors: Cooper, J. E. J. & Plummer, K. E. & Middlebrook, I. & Siriwardena, G. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

One approach for measuring the potential biodiversity in new urban construction projects is through ecological models that predict how wildlife will r...

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A framework to identify priority wetland habitats and movement corridors for urban amphibian conservation.

Published online: 14 Jun 2022

Authors: Lee, T. S. & Randall, L. A. & Kahal, N. L. & Kinas, H. L. & Carney, V. A. & Rudd, H. & Baker, T. M. & Sanderson, K. & Creed, I. F. & Moehrenschlager, A. & Duke, D.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

1. Cities worldwide are expanding in area and human population, posing multiple challenges to amphibian populations, including habitat loss from remov...

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Fish responses to manipulated microhabitat complexity in urbanised shorelines.

Published online: 20 Aug 2024

Authors: Taira, D. & Mark, R. Y. Y. & Hsiung, A. R. & Jaafar, Z. & Todd, P. A.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The diversity-habitat complexity relationship has been utilised widely in conservation and biodiversity enhancement interventions, but few studies hav...

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Escaping social-ecological traps through ecological restoration and socioeconomic development in China's Loess Plateau.

Published online: 20 Sep 2023

Authors: Wang ZhuangZhuang & Fu BoJie & Wu XuTong & Li YingJie & Wang Shuai & Lu Nan

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The social-ecological trap is an emerging concept that describes situations in which self-reinforcing social and ecological feedbacks maintain or push...

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