Cities have classically been viewed as biologically impoverished, homogenized, and
simplified systems that harbor low value for biodiversity. However, recent work has …

Many researchers highlight the role of urban ecology in a rapidly urbanizing world. Despite
the ecological and conservation implications relating to carnivores in cities, our general …

The process of seed dispersal that underpins ecosystem maintenance is performed by
diverse arrays of fruit‐eating animals. However, seed dispersal studies are primarily focused …

Illegal wildlife trade, which mostly focuses on high-demand species, constitutes a major
threat to biodiversity. However, whether poaching is an opportunistic crime within high …

Urbanization is a leading cause of biodiversity loss globally. Expanding cities alter regional
ecological processes by consuming habitat and modifying biogeochemical and energetic …

The extinction of ecological functions is increasingly considered a major component of
biodiversity loss, given its pervasive effects on ecosystems, and it may precede the …

The Neotropical region has been subjected to massive urbanization, which poses high risks
for some global biodiversity hotspots and losses of ecosystem functions and services. In this …

Plant–animal interactions are key to sustaining whole communities and ecosystem function.
However, their complexity may limit our understanding of the underlying mechanisms and …

Urban green spaces can contribute to conserve some of the original avian diversity in
urbanized landscapes. However, the relative contribution of urban agriculture vs. urban …

This novel, transdisciplinary work explains how perturbations (defined as strong
disturbances or deviations to a system) can affect the population dynamics of social animals …