Citizen science and monitoring forest pests: a beneficial alliance?

M De Groot, MJO Pocock, J Bonte… - Current forestry …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of the Review One of the major threats to tree health, and hence the
resilience of forests and their provision of ecosystem services, is new and emerging pests …

Shedding light on trophic interactions: A field experiment on the effect of human population between latitudes on herbivory and predation patterns

IM Alonso‐Crespo… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Interactions between species within an ecosystem (eg predation and herbivory) play a vital
role in sustaining the ecosystem functionality, which includes aspects like pest control and …

The effects of human population density on trophic interactions are contingent upon latitude

JA Hernández‐Agüero, I Ruiz‐Tapiador… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Global‐scale studies are necessary to draw general conclusions on how trophic
interactions vary with urbanization and to explore how the effects of urbanization change …

Living in an urban pod: Seed predation and parasitism of bruchid beetles in a native tree species

GM Galfrascoli, A Calviño, AL Chiapero… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanisation is one of the main drivers of insect species loss worldwide. However, its
impacts on ecological interactions involving insects still deserve further research, especially …

Vehicle pollution is associated with elevated insect damage to street trees

EK Meineke, DS Eng, R Karban - Journal of Applied Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Vehicle pollution is a pervasive aspect of anthropogenic change across rural and urban
habitats. The most common emissions are carbon‐or nitrogen‐based pollutants that may …

Plasticity in resource allocation of the invasive Phytolacca americana: Balancing growth, reproduction, and defense along urban–rural gradients

A Xie, Y Wang, L Xiao, Y Wang, S Liao, M Yang… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
In response to varying environments along urban and rural gradients, invasive plants may
strategically allocate resources to enhance their invasiveness. However, how invasive …

[HTML][HTML] Variation in insect herbivory across an urbanization gradient: The role of abiotic factors and leaf secondary metabolites

X Moreira, A Van den Bossche, K Moeys… - Plant Physiology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urbanization impacts plant-herbivore interactions, which are crucial for ecosystem functions
such as carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling. While some studies have reported …

The effect of urban–rural gradient on black poplar endophagous herbivorous insects

J Dobrosavljević, Č Marković, M Marjanović - Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2023 - Springer
With the process of urbanization and the development of cities, trees in the urban
environment are becoming increasingly important. Those trees represent a habitat and a …

The effect of local habitat and spatial connectivity on urban seed predation

Á Gaytán, LJA Van Dijk, M Faticov… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Premise During the last centuries, the area covered by urban landscapes is increasing all
over the world. Urbanization can change local habitats and decrease connectivity among …

Galls in the city: Effects of urbanization on the interaction of a highly specialized fly (Neolasioptera sp) and a wildflower (Turnera subulata) in tropical environments

AC de Andrade, A Pereira-Colavite - Urban Ecosystems, 2024 - Springer
The artificial structures, increased pollution levels and hotter temperatures found in urban
environments disrupt trophic interactions by impoverishing biotic communities and favouring …