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to let you know we launched the <i><b>Global Urban Tree Inventory</b></i>, a database of about 4,700 tree species living in ~500 cities and towns globally.
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Alessandro Ossola, PhD</div>
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<u style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black">Latest publications:</span></u><br>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Ossola, A., Jenerette, D., Chown, W., McGrawth, A., Hughes, L, Leishman, M., 2020. Urban vegetation locally mitigates daytime land surface temperature during
a summer heatwave.<i><span style="margin: 0px"> </span>(Forthcoming)</i></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Ossola, A., Hoeppner, M., Burley, H., et al., 2020. The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world’s cities.<span> </span><i>Global
Ecology and Biogeography</i>., https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.13169.</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Ossola, A., Lin, B., 2020. Making Nature-Based Solutions “climate-ready” for a 50°C world.<span style="margin: 0px"> </span><i>(Forthcoming)</i></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Threlfall, C., Marzinelli, E.,M., Ossola, A., et al., 2020. Towards cross-realm management of coastal urban ecosystems. In press,<span style="margin: 0px"> </span><i>Frontiers
in Ecology and the Environment</i>.</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Kurylo, J., Threlfall, C., Parris, K., Ossola, A., Williams, N.S.W., Evans, K., 2020. Butterfly richness and abundance along a gradient of imperviousness and
the importance of matrix quality.<span style="margin: 0px"> </span><i>Ecological Applications</i>., 0(0)e02144. doi/10.1002/eap.2144.</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Le Roux, J., Leishman, M.R., Cinantya, A., Gufu, G., Hirsch, H., Keet, J.-H., Manea, A., Saul, W.-C., Tabassum, S., Warrington, S., Yannelli, F., Ossola, A.,
2020. The future of plant biodiversity in the face of global change.<span style="margin: 0px"> </span><i>Current Biology, 30, R371–R392.</i></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Marchin, R.M., Ossola, A., Leishman, M., Ellsworth, D., 2020. A simple method to simulate drought on plants.<span style="margin: 0px"> </span><i>Frontiers in
Plant Science</i>, 10:1715.</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Jeliazkov, A., Mijatovic, D, et al., 2020. A global database for metacommunity ecology, integrating species, traits, environment and space.<span style="margin: 0px"> </span><i>Scientific
Data</i><span style="margin: 0px"> </span>7;6.</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Ossola, A., Locke, D., Lin, B., Minor, E., 2019 Yards increase forest connectivity in urban landscapes.<span style="margin: 0px"> </span><i>Landscape Ecology</i>,
34, 2935–2948.</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Burley, H., Beaumont, L., Ossola, A., et al., 2019. Substantial declines in urban tree habitat predicted under climate change.<span style="margin: 0px"> </span><i>Science
of the Total Environment</i>, 685: 451-462.</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Ossola, A., Locke, D., Lin, B., Minor, E., 2019. Greening in style: Urban form, architecture and the structure of front and backyard vegetation.<span style="margin: 0px"> </span><i>Landscape
and Urban Planning</i>, 185: 141-157. </span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Frantzeskaki, N., Ossola, A., Bush, J., 2020.<span style="margin: 0px"> </span><a href="https://www.journals.elsevier.com/urban-forestry-and-urban-greening/call-for-papers/changing-urban-landscapes-australia" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span style="margin: 0px; color: blue">'Nature-based
solutions for changing urban landscapes: Lessons from Australia', Urban Forestry and Urban Greening</span></a>.</span></p>
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Nation’s Disaster Risk Reduction knowledge platform</span></a>;<span style="margin: 0px"> </span><a href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/urban-heat-mapping-shows-backyard-trees-cool-suburbs/video/ffccd4c28ea67494aef545172bda4dee?btr=920252b9f85abaab39f7e40790cc1438" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span style="margin: 0px; color: blue">The
Daily Telegraph</span></a>;<span style="margin: 0px"> </span><a href="https://theconversation.com/a-solution-to-cut-extreme-heat-by-up-to-6-degrees-is-in-our-own-backyards-133082" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span style="margin: 0px; color: blue">The
Conversation</span></a>;<span style="margin: 0px"> </span><a href="http://www.ecovoice.com.au/backyards-can-help-with-global-warming-study-finds-backyard-gardens-lower-temp-as-much-as-6-degrees/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span style="margin: 0px; color: blue">Eco
Voice</span></a>;<span style="margin: 0px"> </span><a href="https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/adaptwest-and-smart-green-cities-reveal-the-cooling-effect-of-trees/news-story/dda1a47062977bf827ced71d0d6eb814" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span style="margin: 0px; color: blue">The
Advertiser</span></a>;<span style="margin: 0px"> </span><a href="https://cosmosmagazine.com/earth-sciences/trees-and-heat" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span style="margin: 0px; color: blue">Cosmos
Magazine</span></a>,<span style="margin: 0px"> </span><a href="https://www.sbs.com.au/language/italian/audio/covid-19-e-i-rischi-all-ambiente" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span style="margin: 0px; color: blue">SBS
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