Air pollution has a ubiquitous impact on ecosystem functioning through myriad processes,
including the acidification and eutrophication of soil and water, deposition of heavy metals …

The altered ecological and environmental conditions in towns and cities strongly affect
demographic traits of urban animal populations, for example avian reproductive success is …

Parasites have the capacity to affect animal populations by modifying host survival, and it is
increasingly recognized that infectious disease can negatively impact biodiversity …

The increased rate of global urbanisation has recently exacerbated the significant public
health problem of traffic related air pollution. Despite the known significant impact on human …

Population growth, urbanization, and climate change have significantly contributed to
environmental degradation, posing severe consequences for humans and other species. By …

Urban areas provide a constant and predictable supply of anthropogenic processed food.
The House Sparrow (Passer domesticus Linnaeus, 1758), a declining urban bioindicator …

The amount of care parents provide to the offspring is complicated by an evolutionary
conflict of interest ('sexual conflict') between the two parents. Recent theoretical models …

Many European towns and cities have undergone reurbanisation processes in recent
decades. However, their effects on urban biodiversity have been poorly studied. Currently …

After more than a century of persecution and low reproduction rate, the Eagle Owl is extinct,
scarce or still declining in many areas. One possible mitigating action is to supply them …

Desde los primeros asentamientos humanos permanentes del Holoceno, hace 10 000
años, hasta las ciudades contemporáneas, las aves han cohabitado con los seres …