Given factors such as their persistence and toxicity, legacy brominated flame retardants (BFRs) like polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecane …
Larus gull species have proven adaptable to urbanization and due to their generalist feeding behaviors, they provide useful opportunities to study how urban environments …
Increasing urbanisation is detrimental for some animal species and potentially advantageous for others. Urban-nesting populations of gulls have undergone rapid …
The yellow-legged gull is an opportunistic and generalist bird that has colonised urban areas, where it has found very favourable trophic resources but also causes disturbance to …
A Méndez, T Montalvo, R Aymí, M Carmona… - Urban …, 2020 - Springer
The increasing urbanisation of the natural environment affects species differently. While most species cannot cope with these human impacts, others can persist or may even be …
Population expansions of successful species have gained importance as a major conservation and management concern. The success of these 'winners' is widely attributed …
E Galimany, J Navarro, I Martino, R Aymí… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
The production of urban waste has increased in the past decades leading to its mishandling. The effects on public health, economy, and wildlife that waste mismanagement can have are …
KA Lato, DJ Madigan, RR Veit, LH Thorne - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The expansion of urban landscapes has both negative and positive effects on wildlife. Understanding how different species respond to urbanization is key to assessing how urban …
Anthropogenic materials are a persistent pressure on ecosystems, affecting many species. Seabirds can collect these materials to construct their nests, which may modify nest …