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| Andersson, Erik; Stockholm University; erik.andersson@ecology.su.se. |
| Ecological research targeting sustainable urban landscapes needs to include findings and methods from many lines of ecological research, such as the link between biodiversity and ecosystem function, the role of humans in ecosystems, landscape connectivity, and resilience. This paper reviews and highlights the importance of these issues for sustainable use of ecosystem services, which is argued to be one aspect of sustainable cities. The paper stresses the need to include social and economic factors when analyzing urban landscapes. Spatially explicit data can be used to assess the roles different green areas have in providing people with ecosystem services, and whether people actually have access to the services. Such data can also be used to assess... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed article |
Palavras-chave: Ecosystem function; Landscape scale; Sustainable development; Urban ecology. |
| Ano: 2006 |
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| Anderson, Pippin M. L.; African Centre for Cities, Environmental and Geographical Science Department, University of Cape Town, South Africa; pippin.anderson@uct.ac.za; Le Maitre, David C; Natural Resource and the Environment, Stellenbosch, South Africa; DlMaitre@csir.co.za; Holmes, Patricia M; Biodiversity Management Branch, Environmental Resource Management Department, City of Cape Town, South Africa; patricia.holmes@capetown.gov.za. |
| Regional and global scale ecosystem service assessments have demonstrated the socioeconomic value of protecting biodiversity and have been integrated into associated policy. Local government decision makers are still unsure of the applicability, return on investment, and usefulness of these assessments in aiding their decision making. Cape Town, a developing city in a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot, has numerous competing land uses. City managers, with a tightly constrained budget, requested an exploratory study on the links between ecosystem services and biodiversity conservation within this municipal area. We set out to develop and test a simple and rapid ecosystem service assessment method aimed at determining the contribution natural... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Cape Town; Ecosystem service tool; Historical change; Scenario modeling; Scoping; Urban ecology. |
| Ano: 2012 |
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| Ernstson, Henrik; Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University; henrik@ecology.su.se; Barthel, Stephan; Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University; stephan@ecology.su.se; Andersson, Erik; Department of Systems Ecology, Stockholm University; Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; erik.andersson@ess.slu.se. |
| Urban ecosystem services are crucial for human well-being and the livability of cities. A central challenge for sustaining ecosystem services lies in addressing scale mismatches between ecological processes on one hand, and social processes of governance on the other. This article synthesizes a set of case studies from urban green areas in Stockholm, Sweden—allotment gardens, urban parks, cemeteries and protected areas—and discusses how governmental agencies and civil society groups engaged in urban green area management can be linked through social networks so as to better match spatial scales of ecosystem processes. The article develops a framework that combines ecological scales with social network structure, with the latter being... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Adaptive governance; Ecological scales; Ecosystem management; Ecosystem services; Scale mismatch; Social network structure; Urban ecology. |
| Ano: 2010 |
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| Cooper, Caren B; Cornell Lab of Ornithology; cbc25@cornell.edu; Dickinson, Janis; Cornell Lab of Ornithology;; Phillips, Tina; Cornell Lab of Ornithology;; Bonney, Rick; Cornell Lab of Ornithology;. |
| Human activities, such as mining, forestry, and agriculture, strongly influence processes in natural systems. Because conservation has focused on managing and protecting wildlands, research has focused on understanding the indirect influence of these human activities on wildlands. Although a conservation focus on wildlands is critically important, the concept of residential area as an ecosystem is relatively new, and little is known about the potential of such areas to contribute to the conservation of biodiversity. As urban sprawl increases, it becomes urgent to construct a method to research and improve the impacts of management strategies for residential landscapes. If the cumulative activities of individual property owners could help conserve... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight |
Palavras-chave: Citizen science; Cumulative effects; Residential landscapes; Urban ecology. |
| Ano: 2007 |
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| Strohbach, Michael W; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; michael.strohbach@ufz.de; Haase, Dagmar; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; dagmar.haase@ufz.de; Kabisch, Nadja; Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; nadja.kabisch@ufz.de. |
| We examined bird diversity in relation to land use and socioeconomic indicators in Leipzig, Germany. We used neighborhood diversity (ND) and bivariate correlation to show that the potential to experience biodiversity in a city is associated with population density, household income, unemployment, and urban green space. People living in urban districts with high socioeconomic status experience the highest species richness around their homes, whereas lower social status increases the chance of living in species-poor neighborhoods. High-status districts are located along forests, parks, and rivers that have a high quantity and quality of green space. However, green space in general does not guarantee high bird diversity. We conclude that bird diversity... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Human-environment interaction; Neighborhood diversity; Urban ecology. |
| Ano: 2009 |
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| Kremer, Peleg; Department of Geography and the Environment, Villanova University; Tishman Environment and Design Center, The New School; peleg.kremer@villanova.edu; McPhearson, Timon; Urban Ecology Lab, Environmental Studies Program, The New School; timon.mcphearson@newschool.edu; Frantzeskaki, Niki; DRIFT, Faculty of Social Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam; n.frantzeskaki@drift.eur.nl; Andersson, Erik; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University; erik.andersson@su.se; Rall, Emily L; Technical University of Munich, Chair for Strategic Landscape Planning and Management; e.rall@tum.de; Bertram, Christine; Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Research Area The Environment and Natural Resources; christine.bertram@ifw-kiel.de; Hansen, Rieke; Technical University of Munich, Chair for Strategic Landscape Planning and Management; hansen@tum.de; Kaczorowska, Anna; Department of Architecture, Chalmers University of Technology; anna.kaczorowska@chalmers.se; Kain, Jaan-Henrik; Department of Architecture, Chalmers University of Technology; kain@chalmers.se; Kronenberg, Jakub; Department of International Economics, University of Lodz; kronenbe@uni.lodz.pl; Pauleit, Stephan; Technical University of Munich, Chair for Strategic Landscape Planning and Management; pauleit@wzw.tum.de; Rehdanz, Katrin; University of Kiel, Department of Economics; Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Research Area The Environment and Natural Resources; katrin.rehdanz@ifw-kiel.de; Schewenius, Maria; Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University; maria.schewenius@su.se; van Ham, Chantal; IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature; chantal.vanham@iucn.org; Wurster, Daniel; ; daniel.wurster@gmx.at; Elmqvist, Thomas; Stockholm Resilience Center, Stockholm University; thomas.elmqvist@su.se. |
| Understanding the dynamics of urban ecosystem services is a necessary requirement for adequate planning, management, and governance of urban green infrastructure. Through the three-year Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (URBES) research project, we conducted case study and comparative research on urban biodiversity and ecosystem services across seven cities in Europe and the United States. Reviewing > 50 peer-reviewed publications from the project, we present and discuss seven key insights that reflect cumulative findings from the project as well as the state-of-the-art knowledge in urban ecosystem services research. The insights from our review indicate that cross-sectoral, multiscale, interdisciplinary research is beginning to provide a... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Insight |
Palavras-chave: Biodiversity; Social-ecological systems; Urban ecology; Urban ecosystem services; Urban green infrastructure; Urban liveability; Urban planning. |
| Ano: 2016 |
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| Tsuchiya, Kazuaki; Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba; tcy@live.jp; Aoyagi, Midori; Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies; aoyagi@nies.go.jp; Okuro, Toshiya; Department of Ecosystem Studies, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo; aokuro@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp; Takeuchi, Kazuhiko; Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science, The University of Tokyo; United Nations University; atake@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp. |
| Urban dwellers often have little knowledge of local ecosystems, but community groups that actively manage local ecosystems can acquire a rich ecological knowledge. Understanding the knowledge transfer process within community groups contributes to the continuous improvement of urban ecosystem management. In this paper, we address three main questions: (1) How is ecological knowledge acquisition linked to boundary and intra-group interactions? (2) Does holding knowledge mean the involvement in actual management activities? (3) Does the aging of community group members threaten the continuity of activities? We selected satoyama woodlands (seminatural woodlands) in peri-urban Tokyo, Japan as a study site. We used a mixed method approach that combined a... |
| Tipo: Peer-Reviewed Reports |
Palavras-chave: Local ecological knowledge; Mixed method; Satoyama; Urban ecology; Woodland management. |
| Ano: 2014 |
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| Zagarola,Jean-Paul A; Martínez Pasteur,Guillermo; Lopez,María Eugenia; Anderson,Christopher B. |
| We set out to understand how urbanization affects streams in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. Paired t-tests and linear regressions were used to compare physico-chemical stream habitat variables (i.e., temperature, turbidity, conductivity, dissolved oxygen and pH) and benthic macroinvertebrate community structure (i.e., density, taxonomic richness, Shannon-Weiner diversity) and function (functional feeding groups [FFG]) in four watersheds with urban and reference sites. We then calculated indices of biotic integrity for habitat (rapid visual assessment protocol [RVAP]) and benthos (Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Trichoptera richness [EPT], family biotic index [FBI], rapid bioassessment protocol [RBP] and biotic monitoring Patagonian streams [BMPS]). Results... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Biomonitoring; Macroinvertebrates; Management of natural resource; Urban ecology; Watersheds. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1667-782X2017000100006 |
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| Godoy-Güinao,Javier; Díaz,Iván A.; Llanos-Pineda,Manuel; Alò,Dominique. |
| ABSTRACT People’s perception on birds of prey is heavily influenced by its intrinsic value, utility, myths and superstitions. In particular, negative perceptions may encourage poaching and persecution of these birds, affecting their conservation status. One nocturnal raptor species widely distributed across the world is the Barn Owl (Tyto alba, Tytonidae). In Chile, this species has been recorded and studied exclusively in rural and sub-urban areas. However, in the city of Valdivia Barn owls exist within the city boundaries. In this study we documented the feeding habits of Barn owls nesting in urban settings of Valdivia, and we analyze the opinions of local neighbors toward the owls. To characterize the diet of owls, we collected all pellets... |
| Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Environmental education; Oligoryzomys longicaudatus; Raptors; Urban ecology; Urban wildlife. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-65382017000100009 |
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| Garcia,Ana Cristina L.; Valiati,Victor Hugo; Gottschalk,Marco S.; Rohde,Cláudia; Valente,Vera Lúcia da S.. |
| Drosophila paulistorum Dobzhansky & Pavan, 1949 had initially been considered absent in anthropogenically disturbed environments, but in 1985 the detection of the species in Porto Alegre city, southern Brazil, suggested its potential to colonize new habitats and laid the foundations for ecologic studies on this species' populations. This study followed the variations in D. paulistorum populations in this town almost 20 years after its first local record. Drosophilid specimens were collected in sites with different urbanization grades and the results point to the expressive decline in D. paulistorum populations in Porto Alegre. This decline may be linked to urban growth and to naturally driven population decline, as imputed to climatic changes like... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Biological invasion; Colonization; Drosophila paulistorum; Urban ecology; Zaprionus indianus. |
| Ano: 2008 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212008000300007 |
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| Souza,Marcelle S. P. A. de; Santos,Fabiana S. dos; Magalhães,Luis M. S.; Freitas,Welington K. de; Gois,Givanildo de; Oliveira Júnior,José F. de. |
| ABSTRACT The present study aimed to determine heavy metal concentrations in the tree bark of the species Poincianella pluviosa in Volta Redonda municipality, Rio de Janeiro. Four sets of barks of eight trees with three replicates each from sectors 1 (W), 2 (S), 3 (E), and 4 (N) of the Volta Redonda center corresponding to the cardinal points were collected. The samples were digested in a nitroperchloric mixture and the lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), and manganese (Mn) contents were determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. The cluster analysis (CA) formed 12 groups; among them, group 3 (G3) showed the presence of all seven elements in sector 1 and group 8 (G8) showed the presence of Pb, Zn, Fe, Ni, and Mn... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Atmospheric pollution; Urban ecology; Sibipiruna. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-43662019000100071 |
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