Peter Bichier

University of California, Santa Cruz — United States

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Plant and animal studies(29), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(17), Urban Green Space and Health(14), Urban Agriculture and Sustainability(14), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(12)

Publications60 total

Urban gardener preferences and values can affect the aesthetics, management, and vegetation complexity of community gardens
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems·2025Open Access
Metacommunities in community gardens: relative strength of environmental, spatial, and social filters for species assembly in highly managed urban patches
Landscape Ecology·2025Open Access
Floral richness shapes plant-pollinator networks in urban agroecosystems
Basic and Applied Ecology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Community gardens support high levels of food production, but benefit distribution is uneven across the gardener community
Sustainability Science·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Shifts in host–parasitoid networks across community garden management and urban landscape gradients
Ecosphere·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Landscape features, garden management, and microhabitats influence prey removal and predator composition in urban agroecosystems
Biological Control·2023· 6 citedOpen Access
Land tenure security and luxury support plant species and trait diversity in urban community gardens
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems·2023· 9 citedOpen Access
Promoting Beneficial Arthropods in Urban Agroecosystems: Focus on Flowers, Maybe Not Native Plants
Insects·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
Multiple ecosystem service synergies and landscape mediation of biodiversity within urban agroecosystems
Ecology Letters·2023· 40 citedOpen Access
Landscape Features, Garden Management, and Microhabitats Influence Prey Removal and Predator Composition in Urban Agroecosystems
SSRN Electronic Journal·2023Open Access
Rarity begets rarity: Social and environmental drivers of rare organisms in cities
Ecological Applications·2022· 15 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Multiple ecosystem service synergies and landscape mediation of biodiversity within urban agroecosystems"
2022
Differences in insectivore bird diets in coffee agroecosystems driven by obligate or generalist guild, shade management, season, and year
PeerJ·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
Cascading Effects of Birds and Bats in a Shaded Coffee Agroforestry System
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems·2021· 12 citedOpen Access
Social Context Influence on Urban Gardener Perceptions of Pests and Management Practices
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems·2020· 11 citedOpen Access
Natural enemy–herbivore networks along local management and landscape gradients in urban agroecosystems
Ecological Applications·2020· 27 cited
Local and landscape drivers of bird abundance, species richness, and trait composition in urban agroecosystems
Urban Ecosystems·2020· 45 cited
Gardener demographics, experience, and motivations drive differences in plant species richness and composition in urban gardens
Ecology and Society·2020· 52 citedOpen Access
Local and Landscape Drivers of Carabid Activity, Species Richness, and Traits in Urban Gardens in Coastal California
Insects·2019· 58 citedOpen Access
Agroecological Pest Management in the City: Experiences from California and Chiapas
Sustainability·2018· 16 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Stacy M. Philpott(35), Russell Greenberg(22), Monika Egerer(14), Heidi Liere(14), Brenda B. Lin(11), Shalene Jha(11), Ivette Perfecto(5), Andrea Cruz Angón(5), Azucena Lucatero(5), Hamutahl Cohen(4), Robert Reitsma(3), Sunshine A. Van Bael(3), Robert A. Rice(3), Caleb E. Gordon(2), Guillermo Ibarra‐Núñez(2), Suzanne Langridge(2), John Sterling(2), Charles MacVean(2), Enio B. Cano(2), Robyn D. Quistberg(2)