Species distribution models (SDM): applications, benefits and challenges in invasive species management.

V Srivastava, V Lafond, VC Griess - CABI Reviews, 2019 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The use of species distribution models (SDM) is of increasing popularity when studying
biological invasions, eg to assess the impact of climate change on invasive species, to …

Insects as bioindicator: A hidden gem for environmental monitoring

S Chowdhury, VK Dubey, S Choudhury… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Environmental contamination research has been quite interesting in bioindicators recently.
The basic objective of bioindicator research is to find species that can reliably detect …

Consequences of climate change for biotic disturbances in North American forests

AS Weed, MP Ayres, JA Hicke - Ecological Monographs, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
About one‐third of North America is forested. These forests are of incalculable value to
human society in terms of harvested resources and ecosystem services and are sensitive to …

Carbon budget of the Harvard Forest Long‐Term Ecological Research site: pattern, process, and response to global change

AC Finzi, MA Giasson, AA Barker Plotkin… - Ecological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
How, where, and why carbon (C) moves into and out of an ecosystem through time are long‐
standing questions in biogeochemistry. Here, we bring together hundreds of thousands of C …

Urban forest invertebrates: how they shape and respond to the urban environment

DJ Kotze, EC Lowe, JS MacIvor, A Ossola, BA Norton… - Urban …, 2022 - Springer
Invertebrates comprise the most diversified animal group on Earth. Due to their long
evolutionary history and small size, invertebrates occupy a remarkable range of ecological …

Urban trees: bridge-heads for forest pest invasions and sentinels for early detection

T Paap, TI Burgess, MJ Wingfield - Biological invasions, 2017 - Springer
Urban trees have been increasingly appreciated for the many benefits they provide. As
concentrated hubs of human-mediated movement, the urban landscape is, however, often …

Asian longhorned beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), an introduced pest of maple and other hardwood trees in North America and Europe

PS Meng, K Hoover, MA Keena - Journal of Integrated Pest …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Asian longhorned beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky), threatens
urban and forest hardwood trees both where introduced and in parts of its native range …

Effects of urban tree canopy loss on land surface temperature magnitude and timing

A Elmes, J Rogan, C Williams, S Ratick… - ISPRS Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Urban Tree Canopy (UTC) plays an important role in moderating the Surface Urban
Heat Island (SUHI) effect, which poses threats to human health due to substantially …

Invasive cerambycid pests and biosecurity measures

D Eyre, RA Haack - Chapter 13. In: Wang, Q. Cerambycidae of …, 2017 - research.fs.usda.gov
Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae) in general, and some species in particular, have
increased in importance for national and regional plant protection agencies over recent …

A versatile, production-oriented approach to high-resolution tree-canopy mapping in urban and suburban landscapes using GEOBIA and data fusion

J O'Neil-Dunne, S MacFaden, A Royar - Remote sensing, 2014 - mdpi.com
The benefits of tree canopy in urban and suburban landscapes are increasingly well known:
stormwater runoff control, air-pollution mitigation, temperature regulation, carbon storage …