Background Although the species-urban green area relationship (SARu) has been analyzed
worldwide, the global consistency of its parameters, such as the fit and the slope of models …

Urbanization is one of the key drivers of Latin America (LA)'s economic development,
providing housing, education and employment. However, is also putting pressure on people …

Urban green spaces provide a habitat for a wide variety of bird species. However, changes
in characteristics of the surrounding urban morphology could influence the contribution of …

This study aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the role of urban waterbodies
in avian ecology, which is instructive for both biodiversity conservation and urban planning …

Urbanization presents novel challenges to native species by altering both the biotic and
abiotic environment. Studies have attempted to make generalizations about how species …

Wooded streets diminish the negative consequences of urban growth on biodiversity.
However, bird use of wooded streets has been little studied, in most cases analyzing bird …

The normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) is a strong and widely used proxy for bird
species richness in urban environments. However, its potential to predict composition and …

Background Habitat heterogeneity clearly distinguished in terms of availability of food and
habitat resources and landscape features (natural or human-modified) play a crucial role in …

The escape behaviour, measured as flight initiation distance (FID; the distance at which
individuals take flight when approached by a potential predator, usually a human in the …

Background A scarcely studied consequence of urbanization is the effect of temporal
stabilization of the environment on bird communities. This alteration is thought to dampen …