Many scientific studies on urban green space start with stressing the multiple benefits of
parks and other green areas (Lyytimäki and Sipilä, 2009). There is general agreement, at …

There is growing recognition of urban areas as hosts for innovative ways to conserve and
promote biodiversity. Parks, as one specific type of urban green space, constitute particularly …

To balance the needs of people and biodiversity in cities, local governments are
increasingly incorporating green spaces and urban greening initiatives into urban planning …

Contrasting trajectories of biodiversity loss and urban expansion make it imperative to
understand biodiversity persistence in cities. Size‐, local‐, and landscape‐level habitat …

Australia is experiencing mounting pressures related to processes of urbanisation,
biodiversity loss and climate change felt at large in cities. At the same time, it is cities that …

Urban forests provide many ecosystem services, such as reducing heat, improving air
quality, treatment of stormwater, carbon sequestration, as well as biodiversity benefits …

Urban fauna communities may be strongly influenced by environmental and socio‐
economic factors, but the relative importance of these factors is poorly known. Most research …

Simple Summary Little is known about why humans like or dislike particular animal or plant
species. Given the prevalence of common and threatened bird species within cities, more …

Birds are a prominent component of urban biodiversity yet many species, particularly forest-
dependent birds, are vulnerable to landscape transformation. We examined the relative …

Urbanisation is a leading cause of biodiversity loss and habitat fragmentation internationally,
and the conservation of representative native assemblages is a challenge confronting …