Ecosystem functioning in urban grasslands: The role of biodiversity, plant invasions and urbanization.

Urbanization is driving the transformation of natural and rural ecosystems worldwide by affecting both the abiotic environment and the biota. This raises the question whether urban ecosystems are able to provide services in a comparable way to their non-urban counterparts. In urban grasslands, the e...

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Main Authors: Gabriela Onandia, Conrad Schittko, Masahiro Ryo, Maud Bernard-Verdier, Tina Heger, Jasmin Joshi, Ingo Kowarik, Arthur Gessler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225438