The breeding performance of raptors in urban landscapes: a review and meta-analysis

EF Kettel, LK Gentle, JL Quinn, RW Yarnell - Journal of Ornithology, 2018 - Springer
Global urbanisation is rapidly increasing and can have profound impacts on wild flora and
fauna. For many species, the impacts are detrimental and irreversible, whereas others are …

Urban evolutionary ecology and the potential benefits of implementing genomics

CJ Schell - Journal of Heredity, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Urban habitats are quickly becoming exceptional models to address adaptation under rapid
environmental change, given the expansive temporal and spatial scales with which …

Drone-based photogrammetry assessments of body size and body condition of Antillean manatees

EA Ramos, S Landeo-Yauri… - Mammalian …, 2022 - Springer
Assessments of individual animal health alerts to early signs of population level effects in
wildlife but often rely on logistically complex wild animal captures, hindering our …

Urbanization and blood parasite infections affect the body condition of wild birds

J Jiménez-Peñuela, M Ferraguti… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Human landscape transformation, especially urbanization, strongly affects ecosystems
worldwide. Both urban stressors and parasites have negative effects on organism health …

Contrasting morphometric responses to increasing urbanisation in congeneric sparrow species

SK Naidoo, D Chamberlain, C Reynolds - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Increased urbanisation influences the morphometric traits of various species, often resulting
in urban individuals being smaller than their non-urban counterparts. Urbanisation can affect …

Oxidative stress in birds along a NOx and urbanisation gradient: an interspecific approach

P Salmón, E Stroh, A Herrera-Dueñas… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Urbanisation is regarded as one of the most threatening global issues for wildlife, however,
measuring its impact is not always straight forward. Oxidative stress physiology has been …

The influence of urban environments on oxidative stress balance: a case study on the house sparrow in the Iberian Peninsula

A Herrera-Dueñas, J Pineda-Pampliega… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The House Sparrow is a globally distributed species and is closely associated with
anthropised environments. They are well-adapted to urban life; therefore the decline of their …

A comparison of the nutritional physiology and gut microbiome of urban and rural house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

A Gadau, SC Meli'Sa, R Mayek, M Giraudeau… - … and Physiology Part B …, 2019 - Elsevier
Urbanization influences food quality and availability for many wild species, but our
knowledge of the consequences urbanization has on the nutritional physiology of these …

Morphological changes in hooded crows (Corvus cornix) related to urbanization

I Benmazouz, J Jokimäki, L Juhász… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Urbanization has led to a recent surge of interest in urban biodiversity, and
wildlife responses to urban environments have become a hot topic in environmental …

Morphological differences along a chronological gradient of urbanisation in an endemic insectivorous bird of New Zealand

C Amiot, C Harmange, W Ji - Urban Ecosystems, 2022 - Springer
Urbanisation constitutes one of the most rapid human-induced environmental changes,
developing at the expense of natural and semi-natural habitats. It often implies alterations of …