Publications

Publications

• Casanelles-Abella, J. et al. (2025). Examining Honeybee (Apis mellifera) Dominance Patterns Within Urban Bee Communities Worldwide. Ecology and Evolution. Access
• Casanelles-Abella, J. et al. (2025). Biodiversity modeling to manage urban ecosystems for people and nature. Nature Cities, 2, 573-584. Access
• Idoate, J., ..., Casanelles-Abella, J., et al.(2025). Trends in background mortality in unmanaged forests across Europe over the last century. Journal of Ecology Access
• Chacko, M., ..., Casanelles-Abella, J., et al.(2025). A species-level multi-trophic metaweb for Switzerland. Scientific Data, 12, 1164 Access
• Selva, S., ..., Casanelles-Abella, J. (2025). Urban bumblebees diversify their foraging strategy to maintain nutrient intake. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 292, 20250639. Access
• Casanelles-Abella, J., Selva, S., et al. (2025). Data on the diet and nutrition of urban and rural bumblebees. Scientific Data Access
• Casanelles-Abella, J., & Egerer, M. (2025). Special Issue–The ecology of future cities. Basic and Applied Ecology. Access
• Casanelles-Abella, J., Selva, S., Keller, A., Ruedenauer, F.A., Fournier, B., et al. (2025). Data on the diet and nutrition of urban and rural bumblebees. Scientific Data, 12(1), 286. Access
• Casanelles‐Abella, J., Pellissier, L., et al. (2024). Urban intensity gradients shape community structure, life‐history traits and performance in a multitrophic system. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 17(2), 243-258. Access
• Martinez-Núñez, C., Casanelles‐Abella, J., et al. (2024).Local and landscape factors shape alpha and beta trophic interaction diversity in urban gardens. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 291, 20232501. Access
• Chiron, F., et al. (2024).How do urban green space designs shape avian communities? Testing the area–heterogeneity trade-off. Landscape and Urban Planning, 242, 104954. Access
• Rossi-Rotondi, B., Casanelles‐Abella, J., et al. (2024). Floral species evenness is the major driver of wild bee communities in urban gardens. Urban Ecosystems, 27, 159-171. Access
• Casanelles‐Abella, J., et al. (2023). Low resource availability drives feeding niche partitioning between wild bees and honeybees in a European city. Ecological Applications, 33, e2727. Access
• Casanelles‐Abella, J., et al. (2023). Spatial mismatch between wild bee diversity hotspots and protected areas. Conservation Biology, 37(4), e14082. Access
• Casanelles‐Abella, J., Moretti, M. (2022). Challenging the sustainability of urban beekeeping using evidence from Swiss cities. npj Urban Sustainability, 2, 3. Access
• Alós Ortí, M., Casanelles‐Abella, J., et al. (2022). Negative relationship between woody species density and size of urban green spaces in seven European cities. Urban Greening and Urban Forestry, 74, 127650. Access
• Casanelles‐Abella, J., Keller, A., et al. (2022). Wild bee larval food composition in five European cities. Ecology, e3740. Access
• Rocha et al. (2022). Testing lichens as ecological indicators of the effects of multiple global change drivers in European cities at the broad spatial scale. Environmental pollution, 315, 120330. Access
• Casanelles‐Abella, J., Müller, S., et al. (2022). How wild bees find a way in European cities: Pollen metabarcoding unravels multiple feeding strategies and their effects on distribution patterns in four wild bee species. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59(2), 457-470. Access
• Casanelles‐Abella, J., Frey, D., et al. (2021). A dataset of the flowering plants (Angiospermae) in urban green areas in five European cities. Data in Brief, 37, 107243. Access
• Casanelles‐Abella, J., Chauvier, Y., et al. (2021). Applying predictive models to study the ecological properties of urban ecosystems: A case study in Zürich, Switzerland. Landscape and Urban Planning, 214, 104137 Access
• Villarroya-Villalba, L., Casanelles‐Abella, J., et al. (2021). Response of bats and nocturnal insects to urban green areas in Europe. Basic and Applied Ecology, 51, 59-70 Access
• Pinho, P., Casanelles‐Abella, J., et al. (2021). Research agenda on biodiversity and ecosystem functions and services in European cities. Basic and Applied Ecology, 53, 124-133 Access

Reports for the government

• Casanelles-Abella, J.; Müller, S.; Moretti, M.; Tobias, S.; Saluz, A.; Heinrich, A.; Tausendpfund, D.; Krieger, M.; Schindler, A., (2021). Stadtbäume der Zukunft. Forschungsbericht des Vorprojekts zH Grün Stadt Zürich. 65 p.
• Casanelles-Abella, J.; Frey, D.; Moretti, M., (2021). City4Bees. Wild bees and honeybees and their resources in cities. Final report for the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN). 34 p.

Outreach publications

• Casanelles-Abella, J.; Moretti, M., (2025). Eine zu hohe verdichtung der städte kann die anzahl der arten und deren interaktionen reduzieren. N+L Inside 1/25.
• Leimgruber, M.; Casanelles-Abella, J.; Moretti, M., 2020. Bienenschutz in der stadt: more than honey? N+L Inside 1/20.

Documentaries

• Fröhlich , B. Das Imkern in der Stadt boomt. NANO. Access