Municipalities are setting targets for increasing street tree species diversity to support
resilience and enhance the supply of ecosystem services from the urban forest …

In arid and semiarid regions, where few if any trees are native, city trees are largely human
planted. Societal factors such as resident preferences for tree traits, nursery offerings, and …

Urban plant biodiversity is influenced by both the physical environment and attitudes and
preferences of urban residents for specific plant types. Urban residents are assumed to be …

Is (sub) urban forest diversity shaped by previous land use? This study was designed to
quantitatively assess the impacts of subdivision development on urban tree-species …

Despite the abundance of tree diversity in the natural world, and generally high tree species
richness in urban areas, urban forests continue to be dominated by a limited number of …

Urban forests have garnered increasing attention as providers of an array of beneficial
ecosystem services. However, urban forest ecosystems are highly complex and …

Urban forests are recognized for their multiple benefits to society, and increasingly so with
climate change. However, they too are threatened by increased heat, pollution, and higher …

Tree diversity is crucial to urban forest management. More diverse urban forests provide
habitat for a wider range of organisms, increase resilience to pests and disease and, in …

Socio-economic and environmental drivers are important determinants urban plant richness
patterns. The scale at which these patterns are observed in different regions, however, has …

Recent research has focused on the ways urban forest patterns vary in relation to level of
urbanization and socioeconomic characteristics, with most studies limited to one urban land …