Amy Hahs

Spatiotemporal evolution of urbanization and its implications to urban planning of the megacity, Shanghai, China

C Wu, C Li, L Ouyang, H Xiao, J Wu, M Zhuang, X Bi, J Li, C Wang, C Song, T Qiu, D Haase, A Hahs, M Finka

Journal article  |  2023  |  Landscape Ecology

Context: Urbanization has profoundly changed urban landscape patterns and morphologies. Understanding the spatiotemporal evolution..

Rats and the city: Implications of urbanization on zoonotic disease risk in Southeast Asia

Kim R Blasdell, Serge Morand, Susan GW Laurance, Stephen L Doggett, Amy Hahs, Kelly Trinh, David Perera, Cadhla Firth

Journal article  |  2022  |  PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Urbanization is rapidly transforming much of Southeast Asia, altering the structure and function of the landscape, as well as the ..

Connecting Biodiversity With Mental Health and Wellbeing - A Review of Methods and Disciplinary Perspectives

Madeleine Hedin, Amy K Hahs, Luis Mata, Kate Lee

Journal article  |  2022  |  FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Biodiversity conservation and mental health and wellbeing are of increasing global concern, with growing relevance to planning and..

Urban forest invertebrates: how they shape and respond to the urban environment

D Johan Kotze, Elizabeth C Lowe, J Scott MacIvor, Alessandro Ossola, Briony A Norton, Dieter F Hochuli, Luis Mata, Marco Moretti, Sara A Gagne, I Tanya Handa, Theresa M Jones, Caragh G Threlfall, Amy K Hahs

Journal article  |  2022  |  URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Invertebrates comprise the most diversified animal group on Earth. Due to their long evolutionary history and small size, inverteb..

Urban biodiversity: State of the science and future directions

Christine C Rega-Brodsky, Myla FJ Aronson, Max R Piana, Ela-Sita Carpenter, Amy K Hahs, Adriana Herrera-Montes, Sonja Knapp, D Johan Kotze, Christopher A Lepczyk, Marco Moretti, Allyson B Salisbury, Nicholas SG Williams, Kirsten Jung, Madhusudan Katti, Ian MacGregor-Fors, J Scott MacIvor, Frank A La Sorte, Vallari Sheel, Caragh G Threfall, Charles H Nilon

Journal article  |  2022  |  URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Since the 1990s, recognition of urban biodiversity research has increased steadily. Knowledge of how ecological communities respon..

AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora

Daniel Falster, Rachael Gallagher, Elizabeth H Wenk, Ian J Wright, Dony Indiarto, Samuel C Andrew, Caitlan Baxter, James Lawson, Stuart Allen, Anne Fuchs, Anna Monro, Fonti Kar, Mark A Adams, Collin W Ahrens, Matthew Alfonzetti, Tara Angevin, Deborah MG Apgaua, Stefan Arndt, Owen K Atkin, Joe Atkinson, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  SCIENTIFIC DATA

We introduce the AusTraits database - a compilation of values of plant traits for taxa in the Australian flora (hereafter AusTrait..

Dynamic changes in melbourne’s urban vegetation cover-2001 to 2016

B Timalsina, S Mavoa, AK Hahs

Journal article  |  2021  |  Land

Understanding changes in urban vegetation is essential for ensuring sustainable and healthy cities, mitigating disturbances due to..

Dynamic Changes in Melbourne's Urban Vegetation Cover-2001 to 2016

Bhuban Timalsina, Suzanne Mavoa, Amy K Hahs

Journal article  |  2021  |  LAND

Understanding changes in urban vegetation is essential for ensuring sustainable and healthy cities, mitigating disturbances due to..

Indigenous plants promote insect biodiversity in urban greenspaces

Luis Mata, Alan N Andersen, Alejandra Moran-Ordonez, Amy K Hahs, Anna Backstrom, Christopher D Ives, Daniel Bickel, David Duncan, Estibaliz Palma, Freya Thomas, Kate Cranney, Ken Walker, Ian Shears, Linda Semeraro, Mallik Malipatil, Melinda L Moir, Michaela Plein, Nick Porch, Peter A Vesk, Tessa R Smith, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

The contribution of urban greenspaces to support biodiversity and provide benefits for people is increasingly recognized. However,..

Rats in the city: implications for zoonotic disease risk in an urbanizing world

Kim R Blasdell, Serge Morand, Susan GW Laurance, Stephen L Doggett, Amy Hahs, David Perera, Cadhla Firth

Journal article  |  2021

AbstractUrbanization is rapidly transforming much of Southeast Asia, altering the structure and function of the landscape, as well..