Botanical gardens are collections of plants cultivated in a closed space to be utilized for
scientific inquiry, recreation, conservation, botanical and horticultural education and also for …

" In an era of global climate change and rapid urbanization, innovations on governance of
urban systems are critically required as 50% people are now living in less than 3% of the …

Botanical gardens represent interesting arenas for research in environmental psychology
and environment-behavior relations. They can be considered a very particular type of …

There are few formal studies on the contribution of botanical gardens as urban green
spaces, particularly within developing countries. Therefore, this paper reports on an …

Urban areas consist of wide expanses of impervious surfaces which are known to negatively
affect insect biodiversity in general, but green spaces within cities have the potential to …

1 The conservation of insects is not a priority for most urban dwellers, yet can be
accomplished in urban settings by the careful design of urban nature. Our goal is to foster …

Abstract Pautasso M. and Parmentier I. 2007. Are the living collections of the world's
botanical gardens following species-richness patterns observed in natural ecosystems? Bot …

There is a demand for mechanistic studies to explore underlying drivers behind observed
patterns of biodiversity in urban areas. We describe a two‐year field experiment in which we …

Botanical gardens have contributed to plant conservation through the maintenance of both
living and preserved plant specimens for decades. However, there is still a large gap in the …

Wild botanic gardens consist of natural or semi-natural land remnants immersed in large
urban areas or botanic gardens, which are managed for purposes of biodiversity …