Urbanization poses a major threat to biodiversity worldwide. We focused on birds as a well-
studied taxon of interest, in order to review literature on traits that influence responses to …

Examinations of the impact of land-use change on functional diversity link changes in
ecological community structure driven by land modification with the consequences for …

Migratory bird needs must be met during four phases of the year: breeding season, fall
migration, wintering, and spring migration; thus, management may be needed during all four …

Massive wildlife losses over the past 50 y have brought new urgency to identifying both the
drivers of population decline and potential solutions. We provide large-scale evidence that …

Human activities are driving rapid defaunation of Earth's ecosystems through increasing
rates of extinction. However, the ecological consequences of species loss remain unclear, in …

Solid waste pollution (garbage discarded by humans, such as plastic, metal, paper) has
received increased attention given its importance as a global threat to biodiversity. Recent …

Human impacts reshape ecological communities through the extinction and introduction of
species. The combined impact of these factors depends on whether non-native species fill …

Terrestrial vertebrates exhibit dynamic, positive interactions that form and dissolve under
different circumstances, usually with multiple species as participants. Ecosystem engineers …

Among the most popular reasons that people feed wild birds is that they want to help birds.
The extent to which supplemental food helps birds, however, is not well established. From …

There is growing interest in the question of how urbanization affects the ecology of birds,
across timescales from relatively short‐term physiological responses to long‐term …