[HTML][HTML] High diversity in urban areas: How comprehensive sampling reveals high ant species richness within one of the most urbanized regions of the world

F Brassard, CM Leong, HH Chan, B Guénard - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
The continuous increase in urbanization has been perceived as a major threat for
biodiversity, particularly within tropical regions. Urban areas, however, may still provide …

Accelerated invasion through the evolution of dispersal behaviour

N Narimanov, T Bauer, D Bonte… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The continuous spread of invasive species is attributed to demographic processes and
high dispersal rates. Both can change and evolve during range expansion, eventually …

Evidence-base for urban green-blue infrastructure to support insect diversity

DE Bowler, CT Callaghan, JF Felappi, BM Mason… - Urban …, 2025 - Springer
Green-blue urban infrastructures potentially offer win-win benefits for people and nature in
urban areas. Given increasing evidence of widespread declines of insects, as well as their …

Sown wildflower meadows: Can they replace natural meadows in urban spaces for bees, butterflies and hoverflies?

B Zajdel, Ł Dylewski, A Jojczyk… - Ecological …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The decline in pollinator populations is partly due to human practices that have contributed
to the loss of wild and flower‐rich habitats. In cities, especially city centres, urban green …

Urban abiotic stressors drive changes in the foraging activity and colony growth of the black garden ant Lasius niger

G Trigos-Peral, IE Maák, S Schmid, P Chudzik… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in habitat characteristics are known to have profound effects on biotic
communities and their functional traits. In the context of an urban-rural gradient, urbanisation …

Wood ants as biological control of the forest pest beetles Ips spp.

G Trigos-Peral, O Juhász, PJ Kiss, G Módra… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Climate change is one of the major threats to biodiversity, but its impact varies among the
species. Bark beetles (Ips spp.), as well as other wood-boring pests of European forests …

[HTML][HTML] Ground spiders (Chelicerata, Araneae) of an urban green space: intensive sampling in a protected area of Rome (Italy) reveals a high diversity and new …

T Fusco, S Fattorini, L Fortini, E Ruzzier… - Biodiversity Data …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Urbanisation is a rapidly growing global phenomenon leading to habitat
destruction, fragmentation and degradation. However, urban areas can offer opportunities …

Three decades of landscape change across the largest peri-urban horticultural region of Argentina: urban growth, productive intensification and the need for resilient …

C Baldini, ME Marasas, AA Drozd - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Urbanization and agricultural land expansion are the largest drivers of global land cover
change. Here, we aimed to quantify three decades of land-use/land-cover change across …

Seguimiento de artrópodos bioindicadores en áreas urbanas: objetivos, experiencias y perspectivas

FJ Cabrero-Sañudo, RC García… - …, 2022 - revistaecosistemas.net
Los bioindicadores han demostrado ser herramientas muy útiles para la evaluación del
estado de perturbación o madurez de los ecosistemas, así como en la monitorización y …

Major insect groups show distinct responses to local and regional attributes of urban green spaces

MEL Tamara, T Latty, CG Threlfall… - Landscape and Urban …, 2021 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces vary in their local and regional attributes, and this variation can have
contrasting effects on the ability of urban green spaces to support biodiversity. Here we …