Cities across the globe are driving systemic change in social and ecological systems by
accelerating the rates of interactions and intensifying the links between human activities and …

Climate change and urbanisation are among the most pervasive and rapidly growing threats
to biodiversity worldwide. However, their impacts are usually considered in isolation, and …

Urbanization drastically transforms landscapes, resulting in fragmentation, degradation, and
the loss of local biodiversity. Yet, urban environments also offer opportunities to observe …

Addressing the ongoing biodiversity crisis requires identifying the winners and losers of
global change. Species are often categorized based on how they respond to habitat loss; for …

Increasing evidence suggests that urbanization is associated with higher mutation rates,
which can affect the health and evolution of organisms that inhabit cities. Elevated pollution …

Whole-genome duplication is a common macromutation with extensive impacts on gene
expression, cellular function, and whole-organism phenotype. As a result, it has been …

Although the field of urban evolutionary ecology has recently expanded, much progress has
been made in identifying adaptations that arise as a result of selective pressures within …

Zoonotic emergence requires spillover from animals to humans, hence animal-human
interactions. A lot has been emphasized on human intrusion into wild habitats (eg …

Rising temperatures and anthropogenic noise are two of the most pervasive and well
researched anthropogenic stressors affecting avian species globally. Despite often …

Climate change and urbanization are two of the most prominent global drivers of biodiversity
and ecosystem change. Fully understanding, predicting and mitigating the biological …