Novel urban ecosystems, biodiversity, and conservation.

By I. Kowarik. Environmental Pollution, 2011

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Are all urban green spaces a favourable habitat for pollinator communities? Bees, butterflies and hoverflies in different urban green areas (2019, background): “…it has to be taken into consideration that cities are a part of the larger landscape, and that urban areas are becoming increasingly important ecosystems, promoting the biodiversity of their surroundings (Goddard et al., 2010; Kowarik, 2011; Normandin et al., 2017; Werner & Kelcey, 2017).”
Phylogenetic and functional characteristics of household yard floras and their changes along an urbanization gradient (2012, background): “In managed systems, such as urban areas, anthropogenic effects add to these drivers of community assembly (Donoghue 2008) or manipulate them, for example, by anthropogenic selection of species or the creation of novel habitats, such as yards (Kowarik 2011).”
Advances in restoration ecology: rising to the challenges of the coming decades (2015, background): “The idea of novel ecosystems is considered by some authors as an accurate depiction and necessary consideration of the current and future reality facing many ecosystem managers (Kowarik 2011, Belnap et al. 2012, Doley and Audet 2013, Perring et al. 2013).”
Understanding biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships in urban areas: A comprehensive literature review (2017, background): “…human decisions and socio-economic circumstances act as further selection and facilitation filters for both biodiversity and community structure in emerging ecosystems (e.g. gardens, brownfield sites), giving rise to novel species assemblages (Colding et al. 2006; Kowarik 2011; Swan et al. 2011).”
Biological Flora of the British Isles: Robinia pseudoacacia (2013, background): “In Berlin, such stands have therefore been included in an urban conservation area (Kowarik 2011).”
Which Traits Influence Bird Survival in the City? A Review (2021, background): “Today, urbanization presents a major threat to biodiversity [1,2].”
Ecology in an anthropogenic biosphere (2015, background): “…(telecoupling; Helmus et al. 2014), albeit in novel assemblages, habitats, and ecosystems that may have little resemblance to prior native forms (Smith and Wishnie 2000, Kowarik 2003, 2011, Stork 2010, Ellis et al. 2012, Dornelas et al. 2013, Ellis 2013, Thomas 2013, Mendenhall et al. 2014).”
Does public awareness increase support for invasive species management? Promising evidence across taxa and landscape types (2017, background): “In addition, many urban areas can be considered novel ecosystems (Hobbs et al. 2006; Kowarik 2011), which are characterized by a change in the original environmental conditions and species composition (Morse et al. 2014).”
Informal urban green space: A trilingual systematic review of its role for biodiversity and trends in the literature (2015, positive): “Yet many scholars have emphasized the potential of spontaneously vegetated spaces (e.g. brownfields, street or railway verges etc.) for urban conservation (Del Tredici, 2010a; Kowarik, 2011; Kühn, 2006).”
Are urban systems beneficial, detrimental, or indifferent for biological invasion? (2017, background): “In urban habitats, a combination of altered environmental conditions and the loss or conversion of native habitat has resulted in the formation of a novel ecosystem type (Kowarik 2011).”
Prevalence of alien versus native species of woody plants in Berlin differs between habitats and at different scales. (2013, background): “Finally, novel assemblages of urban species, which may be well adapted to urban conditions and provide cities with a range of ecosystem services (Kowarik 2011), may be shaped by escapees.”
Novel ecosystems in the Anthropocene: a revision of the novel ecosystem concept for pragmatic applications (2014, background): “…composed of a unique assemblage of grass species planted by managers to restore an abandoned gravel pit (Seastedt et al. 2008), urban regions with heavily altered abiotic conditions and large numbers of exotic species (Kowarik 2011), and many others (Lindenmayer et al. 2008, Hobbs et al. 2009).”
Urban Grassland Restoration: A Neglected Opportunity for Biodiversity Conservation (2013, background): “However, urban ecosystems differ strongly from natural ones due to the anthropogenic context (Kowarik 2011).”
Creating complex habitats for restoration and reconciliation (2015, neutral): “(Rosenzweig, 2003; Kowarik, 2011).”
Non-native species in urban environments: patterns, processes, impacts and challenges (2017, background): “Many urban areas have high levels of biodiversity and are therefore important foci for regional and global conservation efforts (e.g. Miller and Hobbs 2002; Kühn et al. 2004; Croci et al. 2008; Kowarik 2011).”
Green Roofs and Green Walls for Biodiversity Conservation: A Contribution to Urban Connectivity? (2018, background): “Wastelands have been demonstrated to be significant original habitat for species in cities [1].”
We are at risk, and so what? Place attachment, environmental risk perceptions and preventive coping behaviours (2015, background): “The atypical climate events related to climate change exacerbate the European urbanization process (Antrop, 2004; Kabisch & Haase, 2011; Kowarik, 2011): Local communities have already started to face issues related to climate change, such as increased precipitation patterns, frequent flood events,…”