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Project

Climate change in cities: impact of the urban heat island on microclimate, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in urban forests.

Outputs and Outcomes

Publications

Nutrient‐demanding and thermophilous plants dominate urban forest‐edge vegetation across temperate Europe

Karen De PauwLeen DepauwKim CaldersSara A. O. CousinsGuillaume DecocqEmiel De LombaerdeMartin DiekmannDavid FreyJonathan LenoirCamille MeeussenAnna OrczewskaJan PlueFabien SpicherFlorian ZellwegerPieter VangansbekeKris VerheyenPieter De Frenne et al.

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF VEGETATION SCIENCE

The urban heat island accelerates litter decomposition through microclimatic warming in temperate urban forests

Karen De PauwLeen DepauwSara A. O. CousinsEmiel De LombaerdeMartin DiekmannDavid FreyKatarzyna KwietniowskaJonathan LenoirCamille MeeussenAnna OrczewskaJan PlueFabien SpicherThomas VannesteFlorian ZellwegerKris VerheyenPieter VangansbekePieter De Frenne et al.

A1 Journal Article in URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Understorey biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in rural and urban forest edges across temperate Europe

Karen De PauwPieter De FrennePieter VangansbekeKris VerheyenLeen Depauw

Urban forest microclimates across temperate Europe are shaped by deep edge effects and forest structure

Karen De PauwLeen DepauwKim CaldersSteven CaluwaertsSara A.O. CousinsEmiel De LombaerdeMartin DiekmannDavid FreyJonathan LenoirCamille MeeussenAnna OrczewskaJan PlueFabien SpicherFlorian ZellwegerPieter VangansbekeKris VerheyenPieter De Frenne et al.

A1 Journal Article in AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST METEOROLOGY