Ingo Kowarik
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- PhD Botany University of Bayreuth
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- Novel urban ecosystems, biodiversity, and conservation. (2011) (813)
- Time lags in biological invasions with regard to the success and failure of alien species. (1995) (485)
- Long‐Distance Dispersal of Plants by Vehicles as a Driver of Plant Invasions (2007) (414)
- What are indicators? On the definition of indicators in ecology and environmental planning (2010) (367)
- Biological flora of Central Europe: Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle (2007) (317)
- On the Role of Alien Species in Urban Flora and Vegetation (2008) (290)
- How healthy is urban horticulture in high traffic areas? Trace metal concentrations in vegetable crops from plantings within inner city neighbourhoods in Berlin, Germany. (2012) (278)
- Human Agency in Biological Invasions: Secondary Releases Foster Naturalisation and Population Expansion of Alien Plant Species (2003) (219)
- Biological Flora of the British Isles: Robinia pseudoacacia (2013) (217)
- Do cities export biodiversity? Traffic as dispersal vector across urban–rural gradients (2008) (207)
- Biologische Invasionen: Neophyten und Neozoen in Mitteleuropa (2010) (206)
- Perceptions of parks and urban derelict land by landscape planners and residents (2012) (202)
- Unexploited opportunities in understanding liveable and biodiverse cities. A review on urban biodiversity perception and valuation (2016) (180)
- From Desirable Ornamental Plant to Pest to Accepted Addition to the Flora? – the Perception of an Alien Tree Species Through the Centuries (2003) (160)
- Clonal growth in Ailanthus altissima on a natural site in West Virginia (1995) (148)
- Advancing urban green infrastructure in Europe: Outcomes and reflections from the GREEN SURGE project (2019) (141)
- Impacts of invasive plants on resident animals across ecosystems, taxa, and feeding types: a global assessment (2016) (132)
- Urban rivers as dispersal corridors for primarily wind-dispersed invasive tree species (2010) (129)
- Biotic homogenization at the community scale: disentangling the roles of urbanization and plant invasion (2013) (127)
- Herbaceous plants as filters: immobilization of particulates along urban street corridors. (2014) (126)
- Urban wilderness: Supply, demand, and access (2017) (125)
- COVID‐19 crisis demonstrates the urgent need for urban greenspaces (2020) (124)
- Destruction without extinction: long‐term impacts of an invasive tree species on Galápagos highland vegetation (2009) (120)
- Wild Urban Woodlands (2005) (113)
- Which Taxa Are Alien? Criteria, Applications, and Uncertainties (2018) (108)
- Toward livable and healthy urban streets: Roadside vegetation provides ecosystem services where people live and move (2016) (106)
- Wild Urban Woodlands: Towards a Conceptual Framework (2005) (104)
- Human-Mediated Dispersal of Seeds by the Airflow of Vehicles (2013) (102)
- Recreational ecosystem services in European cities: Sociocultural and geographical contexts matter for park use (2018) (102)
- Beyond green: Broad support for biodiversity in multicultural European cities (2018) (101)
- What criteria should be used to select biodiversity indicators? (2010) (99)
- Diversification of the urban forest—Can we afford to exclude exotic tree species? (2016) (98)
- Grazing deteriorates the soil carbon stocks of Caatinga forest ecosystems in Brazil. (2016) (97)
- Tree invasion in naturally treeless environments: impacts of quinine (Cinchona pubescens) trees on native vegetation in Galápagos. (2007) (94)
- Prevalence of alien versus native species of woody plants in Berlin differs between habitats and at different scales. (2013) (92)
- Human-biodiversity interactions in urban parks: The species level matters (2017) (91)
- A walk on the wild side: Perceptions of roadside vegetation beyond trees (2014) (90)
- Wild urban woodlands : new perspectives for urban forestry (2005) (89)
- Using forest management to control invasive alien species: helping implement the new European regulation on invasive alien species (2015) (84)
- Biodiversity functions of urban cemeteries: Evidence from one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in Europe (2016) (83)
- Urban ornamentals escaped from cultivation. (2005) (78)
- Creating novel urban grasslands by reintroducing native species in wasteland vegetation (2013) (76)
- Assessing the environmental impacts of invasive alien plants: a review of assessment approaches (2019) (74)
- Water dispersal as an additional pathway to invasions by the primarily wind-dispersed tree Ailanthus altissima (2008) (73)
- Secondary wind dispersal enhances long-distance dispersal of an invasive species in urban road corridors (2011) (69)
- Natur-Park Südgelände: linking conservation and recreation in an abandoned railyard in Berlin. (2005) (69)
- Plant population success across urban ecosystems: A framework to inform biodiversity conservation in cities (2018) (68)
- Urban grassland restoration: which plant traits make desired species successful colonizers? (2013) (67)
- Crop seed spillage along roads : a factor of uncertainty in the containment of GMO (2007) (64)
- Considering the ways biocultural diversity helps enforce the urban green infrastructure in times of urban transformation (2016) (62)
- Pathways in Plant Invasions (2008) (56)
- Crypticity in Biological Invasions. (2019) (53)
- Biocultural diversity: A novel concept to assess human-nature interrelations, nature conservation and stewardship in cities (2019) (51)
- Organic matter distribution in floodplains can be predicted using spatial and vegetation structure data (2011) (50)
- Resilience of Native Plant Community Following Manual Control of Invasive Cinchona pubescens in Galápagos (2010) (49)
- Kritische Anmerkungen zum theoretischen Konzept der potentiellen natürlichen Vegetation mit Anregungen zu einer zeitgemässen modifikation (1987) (49)
- Disentangling urban habitat and matrix effects on wild bee species (2016) (49)
- Characteristics and habitats of non-native plant species in the city of Chonju, southern Korea (2004) (47)
- Zur Verbreitung, Vergesellschaftung und Einbürgerung des Götterbaumes (Ailanthus altissima [Mill.] Swingle) in Mitteleuropea (1984) (45)
- Urban land use types contribute to grassland conservation: The example of Berlin (2013) (45)
- Urban Foraging in Berlin: People, Plants and Practices within the Metropolitan Green Infrastructure (2018) (45)
- Biodiverse edible schools: Linking healthy food, school gardens and local urban biodiversity (2019) (44)
- The “Green Belt Berlin”: Establishing a greenway where the Berlin Wall once stood by integrating ecological, social and cultural approaches (2019) (43)
- Propagule morphology and river characteristics shape secondary water dispersal in tree species (2013) (42)
- Untangling the role of urban ecosystems as habitats for endangered plant species (2019) (41)
- Towards an Integrative, Eco-Evolutionary Understanding of Ecological Novelty: Studying and Communicating Interlinked Effects of Global Change (2019) (41)
- Operational performance indicators for litter management at festivals in semi-natural landscapes (2012) (39)
- Drivers of biodiversity patterns in parks of a growing South American megacity (2016) (39)
- Public attitudes toward biodiversity‐friendly greenspace management in Europe (2020) (39)
- Tree invasion in managed tropical forests facilitates endemic species (2009) (38)
- Urban green infrastructure – connecting people and nature for sustainable cities (2019) (37)
- Interactions between propagule pressure and seed traits shape human-mediated seed dispersal along roads. (2012) (37)
- The green colonial heritage: Woody plants in parks of Bandung, Indonesia (2012) (36)
- Emerging Urban Forests: Opportunities for Promoting the Wild Side of the Urban Green Infrastructure (2019) (36)
- How traffic facilitates population expansion of invasive species along roads: The case of common ragweed in Germany (2018) (35)
- Effects of a Major Tree Invader on Urban Woodland Arthropods (2015) (34)
- Need for routine tracking of biological invasions (2019) (34)
- New opportunities for an old method: using fluorescent colours to measure seed dispersal (2009) (34)
- Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Urban Development (2020) (34)
- The interplay of sedimentation and carbon accretion in riparian forests (2014) (34)
- Zur Einbürgerung und zum pflanzengeographischen Verhalten des Götterbaumes (Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle) im französischen Mittelmeergebiet (Bas-Languedoc) (1983) (33)
- Wild bees in urban grasslands: Urbanisation, functional diversity and species traits (2020) (32)
- The first steps towards unifying concepts in invasion ecology were made one hundred years ago: revisiting the work of the Swiss botanist Albert Thellung (2012) (30)
- CityScapeLab Berlin: A Research Platform for Untangling Urbanization Effects on Biodiversity (2020) (30)
- HUMAN IMPACT ON FLORA & HABITATS IN KOREAN RURAL SETTLEMENTS (2002) (29)
- Natürlichkeit, Naturnähe und Hemerobie als Bewertungskriterien (2004) (29)
- Proposed Definition of Environmental Damage Illustrated by the Cases of Genetically Modified Crops and Invasive Species (2009) (29)
- The influence of green streets on cycling behavior in European cities (2019) (29)
- Seed traits, landscape and environmental parameters as predictors of species occurrence in fragmented urban railway habitats (2011) (29)
- Grazing as a driver for Populus euphratica woodland degradation in the semi-arid Aibi Hu region, northwestern China (2011) (28)
- PLANT INVASIONS IN NORTHERN GERMANY: HUMAN PERCEPTION AND RESPONSE (1998) (25)
- Plant community assembly at small scales: Spatial vs. environmental factors in a European grassland (2015) (24)
- Ecosystem changes in Galápagos highlands by the invasive tree Cinchona pubescens (2013) (24)
- A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems (2021) (24)
- Confronting the Modern Gordian Knot of Urban Beekeeping. (2020) (23)
- Funktionen klonalen Wachstums von Bäumen bei der Brachflächen-Sukzession unter besonderer Beachtung von Robinia pseudoacacia (1996) (23)
- Urbanisation modulates plant-pollinator interactions in invasive vs. native plant species (2019) (23)
- Enhancing wasteland vegetation by adding ornamentals: opportunities and constraints for establishing steppe and prairie species on urban demolition sites. (2014) (23)
- Correction: Human-Mediated Dispersal of Seeds by the Airflow of Vehicles (2013) (23)
- Connecting people to biodiversity in cities of tomorrow: Is urban foraging a powerful tool? (2020) (22)
- Genetic differentiation of Rosa canina (L.) at regional and continental scales (2007) (21)
- Biological richness of a large urban cemetery in Berlin. Results of a multi-taxon approach (2016) (21)
- Grazing reduces plant species diversity of Caatinga dry forests in northeastern Brazil (2019) (20)
- Sacred sites as habitats of culturally important plant species in an Indian megacity (2018) (20)
- Green traces from past to future: the interplay of culture and ecological processes in European Historical Parks. (2010) (19)
- Ecosystem functioning in urban grasslands: The role of biodiversity, plant invasions and urbanization (2019) (18)
- Fine root and aboveground carbon stocks in riparian forests: the roles of diking and environmental gradients (2013) (18)
- A novel dendrochronological approach reveals drivers of carbon sequestration in tree species of riparian forests across spatiotemporal scales. (2017) (17)
- Grazing, forest density, and carbon storage: towards a more sustainable land use in Caatinga dry forests of Brazil (2018) (16)
- Plant invasions in China: an emerging hot topic in invasion science (2012) (15)
- A multidimensional framework for measuring biotic novelty: How novel is a community? (2019) (15)
- Open minded and open access: introducing NeoBiota, a new peer-reviewed journal of biological invasions (2011) (15)
- Vegetationsentwicklung auf innerstädtischen Brachflächen: Beispiele aus Berlin (West) (1986) (14)
- Acceptance of near-natural greenspace management relates to ecological and socio-cultural assigned values among European urbanites (2021) (14)
- Plants in Urban Settings: From Patterns to Mechanisms and Ecosystem Services (2011) (14)
- Endangered Plants in Novel Urban Ecosystems Are Filtered by Strategy Type and Dispersal Syndrome, Not by Spatial Dependence on Natural Remnants (2020) (14)
- Non-invasive invaders from the Caribbean: the status of Johnstone’s Whistling frog (Eleutherodactylus johnstonei) ten years after its introduction to Western French Guiana (2011) (13)
- Auswirkungen von Luftverunreinigungen auf die spontane Vegetation (Farn- und Blütenpflanzen) (1984) (12)
- Regeneration of the East African timber tree Ocotea usambarensis in relation to historical logging (2013) (12)
- Herbert Sukopp – an inspiring pioneer in the field of urban ecology (2020) (11)
- Drivers of carbon sequestration by biomass compartment of riparian forests (2015) (10)
- Invasion, ecology and management of Elaeagnus angustifolia (Russian olive) in the southwestern United States of America (1998) (10)
- A critique of the general approach to invasive plant species (1998) (9)
- A comparative study of Pinus strobus L. and Pinus sylvestris L.: Growth at different soil acidities and nutrient levels (1998) (9)
- Working With Wilderness: A Promising Direction for Urban Green Spaces (2021) (9)
- How Useful are the Concepts of Familiarity, Biological Integrity, and Ecosystem Health for Evaluating Damages by GM Crops? (2012) (9)
- Light pollution impairs urban nocturnal pollinators but less so in areas with high tree cover. (2021) (9)
- Between approval and disapproval: Citizens’ views on the invasive tree Ailanthus altissima and its management (2021) (8)
- Vegetation development in urban ruderal sites - examples from West Berlin (1986) (8)
- Integrating spontaneous urban woodlands into the green infrastructure: Unexploited opportunities for urban regeneration (2021) (8)
- Plant traits, biotopes and urbanization dynamics explain the survival of endangered urban plant populations (2020) (7)
- Linkages between Phosphorus and Plant Diversity in Central European Forest Ecosystems—Complementarity or Competition? (2019) (7)
- Sacred sites, biodiversity and urbanization in an Indian megacity (2018) (6)
- Tulipa sylvestris (Liliaceae) in Northwestern Germany: a non-indigenous species as an indicator of previous horticulture. (2006) (6)
- / Gleisdreieck: how Urban Wilderness Became Possible in the New Park (2015) (6)
- Interaction of traffic intensity and habitat features shape invasion dynamics of an invasive alien species (Ambrosia artemisiifolia) in a regional road network (2021) (6)
- Dog Walkers’ Views of Urban Biodiversity across Five European Cities (2020) (5)
- Identifying, Quantifying and Qualifying Biocultural Diversity: Assessment of Biocultural Diversity (2017) (5)
- A Different Perspective on Plant Invasions@@@Plant Invasions: Ecological Mechanisms and Human Responses (2000) (5)
- Drastic site-preparation is key for the successful reintroduction of the endangered grassland species Jurinea cyanoides (2017) (5)
- Genetic differentiation of three endangered wild roses in northeastern Germany: Rosa inodora Fries, Rosa sherardii Davies and Rosa subcollina (H. Christ) Keller. (2011) (5)
- Biodiversity maintains soil multifunctionality and soil organic carbon in novel urban ecosystems (2022) (4)
- Ecological consequences of the introduction and dissemination of new plant species; an analogy with the release of genetically engineered organisms. (1990) (4)
- Endangered animals and plants are positively or neutrally related to wild boar (Sus scrofa) soil disturbance in urban grasslands (2022) (3)
- Stadtnatur fördert die Gesundheit (2016) (3)
- FUNCTIONAL LINKAGES BETWEEN URBAN GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, BIODIVERSITY AND HUMAN WELL-BEING (2016) (3)
- Grassland allergenicity increases with urbanisation and plant invasions (2022) (3)
- Naturschutz und Denkmalpflege: Wege zu einem Dialog im Garten (1998) (3)
- Zu Mechanismen der Linienmigration von Pflanzen (2008) (3)
- Biologische Invasionen. Eine Herausforderung zum Handeln (2002) (3)
- Zur Ausweitung der biologischen Vielfalt in Kulturlandschaften (2002) (3)
- The TEEB Approach Towards Sustainable Urban Transformations: Demonstrating and Capturing Ecosystem Service Values (2018) (2)
- BCD: linkages between people and nature – database, typology and indicators (2017) (2)
- Exploring the biotic homogenization and diversity resistance hypotheses: The understorey of non‐native and native woodland canopies in three urban areas of Europe (2021) (2)
- Urban Cemeteries as Shared Habitats for People and Nature: Reasons for Visit, Comforting Experiences of Nature, and Preferences for Cultural and Natural Features (2022) (2)
- Land sharing between cultivated and wild plants: urban gardens as hotspots for plant diversity in cities (2022) (2)
- Nature conservation risk assessment of invasive, potentially invasive and wild alien plant species in Germany. (2013) (2)
- Halfway to self-sustainability: Reintroduced migratory European Northern Bald Ibises (Geronticus eremita) still need management interventions for population viability (2021) (2)
- Impacts of dogs on urban grassland ecosystems (2021) (2)
- Clear Language for Ecosystem Management in the Anthropocene: A Reply to Bridgewater and Hemming (2020) (2)
- Urban Foraging: Where Cultural Knowledge and Local Biodiversity Meet (2020) (2)
- Gebietsfremde Arten: Störung oder Bestandteil der Naturdynamik von Wildnisgebieten? (2011) (2)
- Indikatorensystem zur Darstellung direkter und indirekter Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die biologische Vielfalt (2017) (2)
- Interactions of Functional Traits With Native Status and Ecosystem Novelty Explain the Establishment of Plant Species Within Urban Ecosystems: Evidence From Berlin, Germany (2022) (1)
- Plant community assembly at small scales: spatial versus environmental factors in a central European grassland (2015) (1)
- Drivers of biodiversity patterns in parks of a growing South American megacity (2016) (1)
- Alien plants in cities (2020) (1)
- Ecosystem changes in Galápagos highlands by the invasive tree Cinchona pubescens (2013) (0)
- Supplementary material 2 from: Bartz R, Kowarik I (2019) Assessing the environmental impacts of invasive alien plants: a review of assessment approaches. NeoBiota 43: 69-99. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.43.30122 (2019) (0)
- Sacred sites, biodiversity and urbanization in an Indian megacity (2018) (0)
- Wild Urban Woodlands - ReadingSample (2016) (0)
- Approaches to Urban Flora and Vegetation in Central Europe (1994) (0)
- Allergens in the city: effect of novel grassland plant communities on seasonal pollen allergies in urban areas (2018) (0)
- BIOCULTURAL DIVERSITY OF URBAN GREEN SPACES IN EUROPEAN CITIES (2015) (0)
- About landsacpes and their utilization status and trends of landscape research (2018) (0)
- Measures of alpha diversity and ecological indicator values for shading and moisture (mean ± standard error) of carabid beetles and spiders in native (Betula pendula) and non-native (Robinia pseudoacacia) woodlands. (2015) (0)
- Fine root and aboveground carbon stocks in riparian forests: the roles of diking and environmental gradients (2013) (0)
- Das Konzept der potentiellen natürlichen Vegetation (PNV) und seine Bedeutung für Naturschutz und Landschaftspflege (2016) (0)
- Supplementary material 1 from: Bartz R, Kowarik I (2019) Assessing the environmental impacts of invasive alien plants: a review of assessment approaches. NeoBiota 43: 69-99. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.43.30122 (2019) (0)
- Beyond values: How emotions, anthropomorphism, beliefs and knowledge relate to the acceptability of native and non‐native species management in cities (2022) (0)
- Nature conservation for wildlife invasive alien animals in Germany. (2015) (0)
- Urbanisation modulates the attractiveness of plant communities to pollinators by filtering for floral traits (2022) (0)
- Management of invasive tree species in Galapagos: pitfalls of measuring restoration success. (2010) (0)
- Seven years of NeoBiota – the times, were they a changin’? (2017) (0)
- Using forest management to control invasive alien species: helping implement the new European regulation on invasive alien species (2015) (0)
- Propagule morphology and river characteristics shape secondary water dispersal in tree species (2013) (0)
- / Gleisdreieck: Wie Urbane Wildnis Im Neuen Park Möglich Wurde (2015) (0)
- Das ökologische Erbe auf dem Friedhof in Weißensee: Naturschutz versus Denkmalpflege? (2015) (0)
- concepts in invasion ecology were made one hundred years ago: revisiting the work of the Swiss botanist Albert (2012) (0)
- The Mediterranean tree Acer monspessulanum invades urban greenspaces in Berlin (2023) (0)
- Phenology of grassland plants responds to urbanization (2022) (0)
- People’s Attitudes and Emotions towards Different Urban Forest Types in the Berlin Region, Germany (2022) (0)
- Indikatoren zur Darstellung von Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die biologische Vielfalt (2017) (0)
- Neue Staudenverwendung (2020) (0)
- Alles wird grün? Die Chancen von grüner Infrastruktur im Rahmen der Nachverdichtung (2018) (0)
- Effect of vegetation parameters on abundances of arthropods and the shading preference values of spiders in native and non-native urban woodlands. (2015) (0)
- Herbert Sukopp – an inspiring pioneer in the field of urban ecology (2020) (0)
- Forest management and planning as an opportunity to control invasive alien tree species in Europe (2016) (0)
- Appendix D. Model documentation of carbon sequestration in fine roots with the mean annual temperature included. (2016) (0)
- Hypotheses in urban ecology: building a common knowledge base. (2023) (0)
- A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems (2021) (0)
- Wildnis in urbanen Räume (2015) (0)
- How Useful are the Concepts of Familiarity, Biological Integrity, and Ecosystem Health for Evaluating Damages by GM Crops? (2010) (0)
- Public attitudes towards biodiversity-friendly greenspace management in Europe biodiversity-friendly greenspace management (2020) (0)
- Urbanisation modulates plant-pollinator interactions in invasive vs. native plant species (2019) (0)
- Christian Ludwig Krause (1706–1773) and his famous garden in Berlin: nursery, botanical garden and hub in a natural history network (2023) (0)
- Supplementary material 1 from: Kowarik I, Straka T, Lehmann M, Studnitzky R, Fischer LK (2021) Between approval and disapproval: Citizens’ views on the invasive tree Ailanthus altissima and its management. NeoBiota 66: 1-30. https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.66.63460 (2021) (0)
- HighlightsConceptual framework on urban wilderness as a social-ecological system (2018) (0)
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