Behavioural responses to human‐induced environmental change

U Tuomainen, U Candolin - Biological Reviews, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The initial response of individuals to human‐induced environmental change is often
behavioural. This can improve the performance of individuals under sudden, large‐scale …

Avian productivity in urban landscapes: a review and meta‐analysis

DE Chamberlain, AR Cannon, MP Toms, DI Leech… - Ibis, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
There is an urgent need to thoroughly review and comprehend the effects of urbanization on
wildlife in order to understand both the ecological implications of increasing urbanization …

Generalists are the most urban‐tolerant of birds: a phylogenetically controlled analysis of ecological and life history traits using a novel continuous measure of bird …

CT Callaghan, RE Major, JH Wilshire, JM Martin… - Oikos, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying which ecological and life history traits influence a species' tolerance to
urbanization is critical to understanding the trajectory of biodiversity in an increasingly …

Residential landscapes as social-ecological systems: a synthesis of multi-scalar interactions between people and their home environment

EM Cook, SJ Hall, KL Larson - Urban Ecosystems, 2012 - Springer
Residential landscapes are a common setting of human-environment interactions. These
ubiquitous ecosystems provide social and ecological services, and yard maintenance leads …

Why garden for wildlife? Social and ecological drivers, motivations and barriers for biodiversity management in residential landscapes

MA Goddard, AJ Dougill, TG Benton - Ecological economics, 2013 - Elsevier
Residential landscapes with private gardens are major land covers in cities and their
sustainable management is paramount for achieving a resilient urban future. Here we focus …

Songs of the city: noise-dependent spectral plasticity in the acoustic phenotype of urban birds

H Slabbekoorn - Animal Behaviour, 2013 - Elsevier
Urbanization leads to homogenization of avian communities through local extinction of rare
bird species and increasing numbers of the same common urban bird species over large …

What makes an urban bird?

KL Evans, DE Chamberlain, BJ Hatchwell… - Global Change …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Urban development is increasing across the globe. This poses a major threat to biodiversity,
which is often relatively poor in towns and cities. Despite much interest in identifying species' …

Habitat influences on urban avian assemblages

KL Evans, SE Newson, KJ Gaston - Ibis, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization is increasing across the globe and there is growing interest in urban ecology
and a recognition that developed areas may be important for conservation. We review the …

[图书][B] Urban ecology: patterns, processes, and applications

J Niemelä, JH Breuste, G Guntenspergen, NE McIntyre… - 2011 - books.google.com
Urbanization is a global phenomenon that is increasingly challenging human society. It is
therefore crucially important to ensure that the relentless expansion of cities and towns …

Urbanization and its effects on personality traits: a result of microevolution or phenotypic plasticity?

AC Miranda, H Schielzeth, T Sonntag… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Human‐altered environmental conditions affect many species at the global scale. An
extreme form of anthropogenic alteration is the existence and rapid increase of urban areas …