dc.contributor.author
Bernard-Verdier, Maud
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Seitz, Birgit
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Buchholz, Sascha
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Kowarik, Ingo
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Lasunción Mejía, Sara
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Jeschke, Jonathan M.
dc.date.accessioned
2022-10-06T08:19:09Z
dc.date.available
2022-10-06T08:19:09Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/35262
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-34980
dc.description.abstract
Pollen allergies have been on the rise in cities, where anthropogenic disturbances, warmer climate and introduced species are shaping novel urban ecosystems. Yet, the allergenic potential of these urban ecosystems, in particular spontaneous vegetation outside parks and gardens, remains poorly known. We quantified the allergenic properties of 56 dry grasslands along a double gradient of urbanisation and plant invasion in Berlin (Germany). 30% of grassland species were classified as allergenic, most of them being natives. Urbanisation was associated with an increase in abundance and diversity of pollen allergens, mainly driven by an increase in allergenic non-native plants. While not inherently more allergenic than native plants, the pool of non-natives contributed a larger biochemical diversity of allergens and flowered later than natives, creating a broader potential spectrum of allergy. Managing novel risks to urban public health will involve not only targeted action on allergenic non-natives, but also policies at the habitat scale favouring plant community assembly of a diverse, low-allergenicity vegetation. Similar approaches could be easily replicated in other cities to provide a broad quantification and mapping of urban allergy risks and drivers.
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17 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
Alien plants
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Biochemical diversity
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Ecosystem disservices
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Novel ecosystems
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Public health
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Urban ecology
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dc.subject.ddc
500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie::570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
dc.title
Grassland allergenicity increases with urbanisation and plant invasions
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1007/s13280-022-01741-z
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Ambio
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
11
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart
2261
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend
2277
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
51
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-022-01741-z
refubium.affiliation
Biologie, Chemie, Pharmazie
refubium.affiliation.other
Institut für Biologie
refubium.funding
Springer Nature DEAL
refubium.note.author
Die Publikation wurde aus Open Access Publikationsgeldern der Freien Universität Berlin gefördert.
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no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1654-7209