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David J. Brunckhorst and E. Jamie Trammell
Urban systems include complex interactions and interdependencies with adjoining landscapes and regions. The pressures of change are complex, constant, and increasing. Declining biodiversity, ecosystem function, social institutions, and climate change und...
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Evgeny Abakumov
Rendzinas in the taiga zone are intrazonal soils; moreover, all of their processes occur in ways that are different from podzolic soil formation, which is typical for the zonal taiga boreal ecosystem. At the same time, the habitats of carbonate soils are...
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Giles Thomson, Peter Newman, Dominique Hes, Jo Bennett, Mark Taylor and Ron Johnstone
The benefits of ecosystem services to cities are well documented; for example, water-sensitive urban design to mitigate stormwater flows and purify run-off, the cooling benefits provided by tree shade, and psychological benefits of urban greening. Cities...
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Francesca Rossi
The negative impacts of climate change on natural and anthropic ecosystems have led to the increasingly urgent search for policies, strategies and tools able to counteract degradation and risk factors on vulnerable landscapes. Among these, the research a...
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Francesco Crupi
To contribute to the debate on climate-proof urban regeneration, the illustrated study seeks to understand how the provision of new multiscalar, multidimensional, and integrated planning tools based on sustainable and resilient strategies can guarantee h...
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Filippo Bussotti and Martina Pollastrini
Climate change and extreme drought and heat events impact the Mediterranean evergreen sclerophyllous vegetation in South Europe, especially in Iberian and Italian peninsula, where widespread crown defoliation and dieback have been observed since the 90s ...
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Magdalena Daria Vaverková, Dana Adamcová, Jan Winkler, Eugeniusz Koda, Jana Cervenková and Anna Podlasek
When the landfill use comes to end, important subsequent steps include aftercare, safety assurance, and ecological regeneration. Landfill revegetation is cost-effective and eco-friendly approach in the management of landfill areas, which serves the purpo...
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Rodolfo Picchio, Roberto Mercurio, Rachele Venanzi, Loretta Gratani, Tommaso Giallonardo, Angela Lo Monaco and Anna Rita Frattaroli
Renaturalization treatment in black pine afforestation is an important topic that should be considered. There is a need to favor the evolution of artificial pine forests toward natural forest systems. Overall, this study focused on pine forests, and sugg...
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Inkyin Khaine, Su Young Woo, MyeongJa Kwak, Seong Han Lee, Sun Mi Je, Hana You, Taeyoon Lee, Jihwi Jang, Hyun Kyung Lee, Hyo Cheng Cheng, Jeong Ho Park, Euddeum Lee, Yang Li, Haenaem Kim, Jong Kyu Lee and Jieun Kim
Natural regeneration is an essential component of forest dynamics and the recovery of ecosystem functions. Therefore, understanding regeneration status, and how abiotic and biotic factors affect it, is important for ecological studies. This study discove...
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Eleni M. Abraham, Paraskevi Sklavou, Aikaterini Loufi, Zoi M. Parissi and Apostolos P. Kyriazopoulos
The multiple agroforestry land uses of oak forests are of great ecological and economic interest as they contribute to the improvement of animal husbandry, wildlife, and environment. However, herbivory by wildlife and livestock highly affects the structu...
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