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Urban Foraging

Urban foraging is the practice of identifying, harvesting, and utilizing wild edible plants and other natural food resources growing in urban environments, distinguished from broader foraging practices by its specific focus on flora available within city landscapes and human-modified ecosystems.

105

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5.4K

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309

Authors

178

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

105

The diet of urban foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and the availability of anthropogenic food in the city of Zurich, Switzerland

Pascale Contesse, Daniel Hegglin, Sandra Gloor et al. · Mammalian Biology · 2004 · 332 citations

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Gathering “wild” food in the city: rethinking the role of foraging in urban ecosystem planning and management

Rebecca J. McLain, Patrick T. Hurley, Marla R. Emery et al. · Local Environment · 2013 · 207 citations

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Linking Optimal Foraging Behavior to Bird Community Structure in an Urban‐Desert Landscape: Field Experiments with Artificial Food Patches

Eyal Shochat, Susannah B. Lerman, Madhusudan Katti et al. · The American Naturalist · 2004 · 180 citations

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Urban foraging and the relational ecologies of belonging

Melissa R. Poe, Joyce K. LeCompte, Rebecca J. McLain et al. · Social & Cultural Geography · 2014 · 160 citations

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Plant diversity and composition compensate for negative effects of urbanization on foraging bumble bees

Marietta Hülsmann, Henrik von Wehrden, Alexandra‐Maria Klein et al. · Apidologie · 2015 · 152 citations · Full text

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Authors

309

  1. CM
    Charlie M. Shackleton

    Rhodes University, South Africa

    6 publications · 344 citations

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  2. PT
    Patrick T. Hurley

    Ursinus College, United States

    6 publications · 637 citations

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  3. RE
    Richard E. Major

    Australian Museum, Australia

    5 publications · 96 citations

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  4. MR
    Marla R. Emery

    Northern Research Station, United States

    5 publications · 477 citations

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  5. JM
    John M. Martin

    Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, Australia

    5 publications · 114 citations

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Institutions

178

  1. Rhodes University

    Grahamstown, South Africa

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    561 citations

  2. Ursinus College

    Collegeville, United States

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    637 citations

  3. Australian Museum

    Sydney, Australia

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    116 citations

  4. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    4 h-index

    12 publications

    512 citations

  5. BOKU University

    Vienna, Austria

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    248 citations

  6. Northern Research Station

    Madison, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    421 citations

  7. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    3 h-index

    10 publications

    880 citations

  8. University of Wollongong

    Wollongong, Australia

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    100 citations

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Venues

  1. Urban forestry & urban greening

    10 publications · 345 citations

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  2. Urban Ecosystems

    8 publications · 373 citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    5 publications · 279 citations

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  4. Ibis

    4 publications · 280 citations

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  5. Journal of Urban Ecology

    4 publications · 121 citations

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