Alessandro Ossola, PhD (he/him/his)
Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
Honorary Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Honorary Research Fellow, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
https://urbansciencelab.ucdavis.edu/
Office: +1 (530) 754 4407
Department of Plant Sciences, PES Building, Room 1238
387 N Quad, Davis, CA 95616, USA
Some new publications:
Guenat, S., et al., 2022. Meeting sustainable development goals via robotics and autonomous systems. Nature Communications, 13: 3559
Kotze, J., Lowe, L., MacIvor, S., Ossola, A., et al., 2022. Urban forest invertebrates: How they shape and respond to the urban environment. Urban Ecosystems. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-022-01240-9
Marchin, R.M., Backes, D., Tjoelker, M.G., Ossola, A., Leishman, M., Ellsworth, D., 2022. Extreme heat increases stomatal conductance and drought-induced mortality risk in vulnerable plant species. Global Change Biology, 28(3):1133-1146.
Frantzeskaki, N., Ossola, A., Bush, J., 2022. Nature-based solutions for changing urban landscapes: Lessons from Australia. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 73: 127611.
Egerer, M., Lin, B., Kingsley, J., Marsh, P., Diekmann, L., Ossola, A., 2022. Gardening can relieve human stress and boost nature connection during the COVID-19 pandemic. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 68, 127483.
Frantzeskaki, N., Oke, C., Barnett, G., Bekessy, S., Bush, J., Fitzsimons, J., Ignatieva, M., Kendal, D., Kingsley, J., Mumaw, L., Ossola, A., 2022. A transformative mission for prioritising nature in Australian cities. Ambio, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-022-01725.
Locke, D., Ossola, A., Minor, E., Lin, B., 2021. Spatial contagion structures urban vegetation from parcel to landscape. People and Nature, 4(1):88-102.
Lin, B., Egerer, M., Kingsley, J., Marsh, P., Diekmann, L., Ossola, A., 2021. COVID-19 gardening may plant the seeds for a greener, healthier future. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 19: 491–93.
Marsh, P., O Diekmann, L., Egerer, M., Lin, B., Ossola, A., Kingsley, J., 2021. Where Birds Felt Louder: gardens as refuges during COVID-19. Wellbeing, Space & Society, 2: 100055.
Lin, B., Ossola, A., Ripple, W., Alberti, M., Andersson, E., Bai, X., et al., 2021. Integrating solutions to adapt cities for climate change. The Lancet Planetary Health, 5:e479–86.
Croeser, T., Garrard, G., Sharma, R., Ossola, A., Bekessy, S., 2021. Choosing the right nature-based solutions to meet diverse urban challenges. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 65: 127337.
Ossola, A., Lin, B., 2021. Making Nature-Based Solutions “climate-ready” for a 50°C world. Environmental Science and Policy, 123:151-159.
Ossola, A., Cadenasso, M., Meineke, E., 2021. Valuing the role of time in urban ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9:620620.
Tabassum., S., Manea, A., Ossola, A., et al., 2021. The angriest summer on record: assessing canopy damage and economic costs of an extreme climatic event. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 63: 127221.
Ossola, A., Jenerette, D., Chown, W., McGrawth, A., Hughes, L, Leishman, M., 2021. Small vegetated patches greatly reduce urban surface temperature during a summer heatwave in Adelaide, Australia. Landscape and Urban Planning, 209, 104046.
Egerer, M., Haase, D., McPherson, T., Frantzeskaki, N., Andersson, E., Nagendra, H., Ossola, A., 2021. Urban change as an untapped opportunity for climate adaptation. NPJ Urban Sustainability, 1:22.
Tabassum, S., Ossola, A., Marchin, R., Ellsworth, D., Leishman, M., 2021. Assessing the relationship between trait-based and horticultural classifications of plant responses to drought. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 61:127109.
Goddard, M., Davies, Z.G., Guenat, S., and many more, 2021. A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 5, 219-230.
Threlfall, C., Marzinelli, E.,M., Ossola, A., et al., 2021. Towards cross-realm management of coastal urban ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 19(4):225-233.
Kingsley, J., Egerer, M., Nuttman, S., et al., 2021. Urban agriculture as a Nature-Based Solution to address socio-ecological challenges in Australian cities. Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, 60, 127059.