Author(s): Hutt-Taylor K; Bassett CG; Kinnunen RP; Frei B; Ziter CD;
Background: Urgent solutions are needed in cities to mitigate twin crises of global climate change and biodiversity loss. Urban nature-based solutions (actions that protect, sustainably manage, and restore ecosystems while simultaneously providing human wel ...
Article GUID: 39363382
Author(s): Sun J; Ryder AG;
Mainland China has undergone profound changes dating back to the nineteenth century, including a contemporary period of rapid modernization that began in the 1980s. The result has been dramatic social, cultural, and economic shifts impacting the daily lives ...
Article GUID: 27092093
Author(s): Shadnoush Pashaei
Greenhouse gases (GHGs) can be produced from a broad range of anthropogenic activities at different spatial and temporal scales. In particular, emissions from urban area are an import source of GHGs. City is a complicated system consisting of various compon ...
Article GUID: 38638449
Author(s): Brusseau AJP; Feyten LEA; Crane AL; Brown GE;
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Article GUID: 38476138
Author(s): Richmond IC; Perron MC; Boyle SP; Pick FR;
Context: The successful dispersal of an animal depends, partly, on landscape connectivity. Urbanization poses risks to dispersal activities by increasing hostile land cover types. Objectives: We investigated how connectivity of urban ponds impacted Odonata ...
Article GUID: 38435963
Author(s): Locke DH; Baker M; Alonzo M; Yang Y; Ziter CD; Murphy-Dunning C; O' Neil-Dunne JPM;
Mitigating heat is a vital ecosystem service of trees, particularly with climate change. Land surface temperature measures captured at a single time of day (in the morning) dominate the urban heat island literature. Less is known about how local tree canopy ...
Article GUID: 38352758
Author(s): Yang X; Huang G; Feng Q; An C; Zhou S; Bi H; Lyu L;
The estuary is an energetic area connecting the inland, river, and ocean. The migration of microplastics (MPs) in this highly complex area is tied to the entire ecosystem. In this study, the effects of cohesive SPM (clay) and noncohesive SPM (sand) on the v ...
Article GUID: 38306690
Author(s): Vaz S; Manes S; Khattar G; Mendes M; Silveira L; Mendes E; de Morais Rodrigues E; Gama-Maia D; Lorini ML; Macedo M; Paiva PC; ...
Anthropic stressors are among the greatest concerns in nature conservation. Among these, deforestation and urban expansion are major drivers of habitat loss, which is a major threat to biodiversity ...
Article GUID: 37543317
Author(s): Shu C; Gaur A; Wang L; Lacasse MA;
The heatwave event to which the Ontario-Quebec area was subjected in 2018 resulted in significant morbidity and mortality. In this study, an investigation was conducted on how this heatwave affected the respective urban heat islands (UHIs) in Montreal and O ...
Article GUID: 37263436
Author(s): MacInnis G; Normandin E; Ziter CD;
The spatial heterogeneity of urban landscapes, relatively low agrochemical use, and species-rich floral communities often support a surprising diversity of wild pollinators in cities. However, the management of Western honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) in urba ...
Article GUID: 36755869
Author(s): Johannessen C; Saini A; Zhang X; Harner T;
Pollution from vehicle tires has received world-wide research attention due to its ubiquity and toxicity. In this study, we measured various tire-derived contaminants semi-quantitatively in archived extracts of passive air samplers deployed in 18 major citi ...
Article GUID: 36152723
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