Urban Ecology

Introduction; Part 1: Ecosystem Services; Reconnecting Cities to the Biosphere: Stewardship of Green Infrastructure and Urban Ecosystem Services; Erik Andersson, Stephan Barthel, Sara Borgstroem, Johan Colding,Thomas Elmqvist, Carl Folke, and Asa Gren; Exploring the Gap between Ecosystem Service Research and Management in Development Planning; Nadia Sitas, Heidi E. Prozesky, Karen J. Esler, and Belinda Reyers; Spatial Heterogeneity of Urban Soils: The Case of the Beijing Metropolitan Region, China; Qizheng Mao, Ganlin Huang, Alexander Buyantuev, Jianguo Wu, Shanghua Luo, and Keming Ma; Realizing the ecosystem-service value of native woodland in Ireland; Craig Bullock, Jerry Hawe, and Declan Little; Global Drivers and Tradeoffs of Three Urban Vegetation Ecosystem Services; Cynnamon Dobbs, Craig R. Nitschke, and Dave Kendal; Part 2: Green Space; Vegetation in Bangalore's Slums: Boosting Livelihoods, Well-Being and Social Capital; Divya Gopal and Harini Nagendra; Urban Green Spaces and an Integrative Approach to Sustainable Environment; Shah Md. Atiqul Haq; Part 3: Biodiversity; Urbanization Affects Plant Flowering Phenology and Pollinator Community: Effects of Water Availability and Land Cover; Kaesha Neil, Jianguo Wu, Christofer Bang, and Stanley Faeth; A Landscape Ecology Approach Identifies Important Drivers of Urban Biodiversity; Tabea Turrini and Eva Knop; Lessons Learned from Chicago Wilderness-Implementing and Sustaining Conservation Management in an Urban Setting; Liam Heneghan, Christopher Mulvaney, Kristen Ross, Lauren Umek, Cristy Watkins, Lynne M. Westphal, and David H. Wise; Part 4: Planning Tools for Enhancing Urban Ecology; Multifunctional Urban Agriculture for Sustainable Land Use Planning in the United States; Sarah Taylor Lovell; A Conceptual List of Indicators for Urban Planning and Management Based on Earth Observation; Nektarios Chrysoulakis, Christian Feigenwinter, Dimitrios Triantakonstantis, Igor Penyevskiy, Abraham Tal, Eberhard Parlow, Guy Fleishman, Sebnem Duezguen, Thomas Esch, and Mattia Marconcini; Landscape Architecture and Novel Ecosystems: Ecological Restoration in an Expanded Field; Catharina Sack; Index