Invertebrates comprise the most diversified animal group on Earth. Due to their long
evolutionary history and small size, invertebrates occupy a remarkable range of ecological …

Residential gardens are a principal component of urban green infrastructure throughout the
world and their potential positive contributions to biodiversity are increasingly recognised …

Insects make up the bulk of terrestrial diversity (1). Reports of insect declines, best
documented in Europe and North America, suggest that 40% of insect species in temperate …

Aim Understanding the variation in community composition and species abundances (ie, β‐
diversity) is at the heart of community ecology. A common approach to examine β‐diversity …

Habitat loss and fragmentation caused by land-use changes in urbanised landscapes are
main drivers of biodiversity loss and changes in species assemblages. While the effects of …

The use of functional information in the form of species traits plays an important role in
explaining biodiversity patterns and responses to environmental changes. Although …

Urban ecological communities are shaped by an array of environmental and physical factors
that include climate, biogeography, species interactions, dispersal, and ecological filters at …

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is an increasingly pervasive pollutant that alters animal
behaviour and physiology, with cascading impacts on development and survival. Recent …

Urbanisation is a growing global phenomenon having multiple ecological consequences.
However, the effects of urbanisation on biodiversity remain ambiguous, and some evidence …

Urban patch colonization and species establishment within cities are restricted by the
behavioural, life history and physiological attributes of colonizing species, in conjunction …