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Zhibin Ren, Xingyuan He, Haifeng Zheng and Hongxu Wei
Urban forest (UF) basal area is an important parameter of UF structures, which can influence the functions of the UF ecosystem. However, the spatio-temporal pattern of the basal area in a given UF in regions under rapid urbanization and greening is still...
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Zar Chi Win, Nobuya Mizoue, Tetsuji Ota, Tsuyoshi Kajisa and Shigejiro Yoshida
There is concern over the environmental impact of charcoal use for cooking in urban areas; however, studies have mainly been limited to Africa and South Asia. This investigation aimed to evaluate woodfuel consumption rates and patterns in an urban area i...
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David L. Nicholls, Jeffrey M. Halbrook, Michelle E. Benedum, Han-Sup Han, Eini C. Lowell, Dennis R. Becker and R. James Barbour
Many socioeconomic constraints exist for biomass removals from federal lands in the western U.S. We examine several issues of importance, including biomass supply chains and harvesting costs, innovative new uses for bioenergy products, and the policy fra...
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Katherine Williams, Kelly Biedenweg and Lee Cerveny
Ecosystem services consistently group together both spatially and cognitively into ?bundles?. Understanding socio-economic predictors of these bundles is essential to informing a management approach that emphasizes equitable distribution of ecosystem ser...
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Claudia Canedoli, Valerio Orioli, Emilio Padoa-Schioppa, Luciano Bani and Olivia Dondina
Urban and peri-urban forests determine different habitat services for biodiversity according to their characteristics. In this study, we relate ecological characteristics of urban and peri-urban forests to forest bird species richness and we assess wheth...
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