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Urban trees through a functional traits’ lens: Exploring the interplay between ...
Grilo, Ana Filipa; McPhearson, Timon; Aleixo, Cristiana; Santos-Reis, Margarida; Branquinho, CristinaUrban trees’ functional traits influence their resilience to environmental changes and the delivery of ecosystem services. However, research on classifying urban trees into functional groups based on species traits - clusters of species with similar responses to environmental stressors and providing similar ecosystem services - and exploring the factors that shape their distribution is limited. This study class...
Where the not-so-wild things are in cities? The influence of social-ecological ...
Grilo, Ana Filipa; McPhearson, Timon; Nunes, Alice; Aleixo, Cristiana; Santos-Reis, Margarida; Branquinho, CristinaGreen infrastructure plays an essential role in cities due to the ecosystem services it provides. However, these elements are shaped by social and ecological factors that influence their distribution and diversity, affecting ecological functions and human well-being. Here, we analyzed neighborhood tree distribution - trees in pocket parks, squares and along streets – in Lisbon (Portugal) and modelled tree abund...
A social-ecological perspective on urban biodiversity and its effects on ecosys...
Grilo, Ana FilipaBy 2050, more than two-thirds of the global population will live in cities. These areas are continuously subject to environmental impacts, such as climate change, threatening human health and well-being. A crucial strategy to mitigate these impacts is through the implementation of urban green infrastructure. However, the distribution, composition, and benefits of green spaces and green elements are shaped by so...
Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover
Santangelo, James S.; Ness, Rob W.; Cohan, Beata; Fitzpatrick, Connor R.; Innes, Simon G.; Koch, Sophie; Miles, Lindsay S.; Munim, SamreenUrbanization transforms environments in ways that alter biological evolution. We examined whether urban environmental change drives parallel evolution by sampling 110,019 white clover plants from 6,169 populations in 160 cities globally. Plants were assayed for a Mendelian antiherbivore defence that also affects tolerance to abiotic stressors. Urban-rural gradients were associated with the evolution of clines i...
MAMMALS IN PORTUGAL : A data set of terrestrial, volant, and marine mammal occu...
Grilo, Clara; Afonso, Beatriz C.; Afonso, Filipe; Alexandre, Marta; Aliácar, Sara; Almeida, Ana; Alonso, Ivan Prego; Álvares, Francisco; Alves, PauloMammals are threatened worldwide, with 26% of all species being includedin the IUCN threatened categories. This overall pattern is primarily associatedwith habitat loss or degradation, and human persecution for terrestrial mam-mals, and pollution, open net fishing, climate change, and prey depletion formarine mammals. Mammals play a key role in maintaining ecosystems func-tionality and resilience, and therefore...
What’s biodiversity got to do with it? Perceptions of biodiversity and restorat...
Gonçalves, Paula; Grilo, Ana Filipa; Mendes, Raquel C.; Vierikko, Kati; Elands, Birgit; Marques, Tiago A.; Santos-Reis, MargaridaUnderstanding the mechanisms underlying the positive influence of urban biodiversity on dwellers’ well-being is critical to inform sustainable management of urban greenspaces, but studies published to date on the role of biodiversity in mental restoration have provided contradictory results. Both urban greenspace biophysical characteristics and the emotional connection with the place may play a role in mental r...