Alessandro Ossola

Butterfly richness and abundance along a gradient of imperviousness and the importance of matrix quality

JS Kurylo, CG Threlfall, KM Parris, A Ossola, NSG Williams, KL Evans

Journal article  |  2020  |  ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Heterogeneity in quantity and quality of resources provided in the urban matrix may mitigate adverse effects of urbanization inten..

Contrasting effects of urban habitat complexity on metabolic functional diversity and composition of litter and soil bacterial communities

Alessandro Ossola, Cristina Aponte, Amy K Hahs, Stephen J Livesley

Journal article  |  2017  |  URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Functional diversity and composition of soil bacterial communities affect important soil biogeochemical processes. In natural and ..

Habitat Complexity Enhances Comminution and Decomposition Processes in Urban Ecosystems

Alessandro Ossola, Amy K Hahs, Michael A Nash, Stephen J Livesley

Journal article  |  2016  |  ECOSYSTEMS

Decomposition of organic matter is an essential process regulating fluxes of energy and matter within ecosystems. Although soil mi..

Soil Carbon and Carbon/Nitrogen Ratio Change under Tree Canopy, Tall Grass, and Turf Grass Areas of Urban Green Space

SJ Livesley, A Ossola, CG Threlfall, AK Hahs, NSG Williams

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Soils in urban green spaces are an important carbon (C) store, but urban soils with a high carbon to nitrogen (C/N) ratio can also..

Variation in Vegetation Structure and Composition across Urban Green Space Types

Caragh G Threlfall, Alessandro Ossola, Amy K Hahs, Nicholas SG Williams, Lee Wilson, Stephen J Livesley

Journal article  |  2016  |  FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

HIGHLIGHTS • Vegetation structure and composition were measured in four major green space types • Remnants and golf courses suppor..

Urban habitat complexity affects species richness but not environmental filtering of morphologically-diverse ants

Alessandro Ossola, Michael A Nash, Fiona J Christie, Amy K Hahs, Stephen J Livesley

Journal article  |  2015  |  PEERJ

Habitat complexity is a major determinant of structure and diversity of ant assemblages. Following the size-grain hypothesis, smal..

Habitat complexity influences fine scale hydrological processes and the incidence of stormwater runoff in managed urban ecosystems

Alessandro Ossola, Amy Kristin Hahs, Stephen John Livesley

Journal article  |  2015  |  JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Urban ecosystems have traditionally been considered to be pervious features of our cities. Their hydrological properties have larg..