Frontlines of Urban Conservation and Restoration - Section 1

Urbanisation is one of the most important challenges for natural communities in the 21st century. Urbanisation - as a process in which there is an increase of concentration of human population in cities - leads not only to the change of land use and cover but involves a set of demographic, sociocultural, economic, technological, and environmental changes. Urbanisation is considered one of the most pressing human activities, which causes the homogenisation of flora and fauna, provides space for plant and animal invasions, and also changes the local climate through the heat island effect. Urban green spaces play a decisive role in the mitigation of these negative effects towards suburban and rural habitats and also provide a set of ecosystem services for cities. Thus, habitat conservation and restoration actions focusing on cities and understanding urbanisation effects on natural communities are vital.
Moderator: Péter Batáry, “Lendület” Landscape and Conservation Ecology Research Group, Centre for Ecological Research, Vácrátót, Hungary
0:00 | Intro
0:29 | Welcome by the AE Budapest Knowledge Hub - Péter Török, Co-chair, Urban Sustainability Thematic Mission, Academia Europaea Budapest Knowledge Hub
5:07 | Land sharing in urban gardens: ecosystems for biodiversity conservation and health restoration - Monika Egerer, Urban Productive Ecosystems, School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, München, Germany
27:38 | Colourful ribbons for our cities: The importance of flower patches along traffic roads as temporary habitats for pollinators - Christina Fischer, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Bernburg, Germany
48:40 | Quantifying the plant functional specialization of urban habitats using Grime’s CSR strategies - Carlo Ricotta, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Rome, Italy
1:07:38 | Urban landscapes as a habitat for pollinator communities - Weronika Banaszak-Cibicka, Department of Zoology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poznań, Poland
1:25:20 | Exploring bird's responses to urbanization in European cities: From community metrics to individuals' behaviour - Federico Morelli, Community Ecology & Conservation, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic
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