Abstract Purpose of Review Urbanization has the potential to jeopardize the sustainability of
populations of organisms living within and dispersing across urban areas. Landscape …

The conservation field is experiencing a rapid increase in the amount, variety, and quality of
spatial data that can help us understand species movement and landscape connectivity …

The negative impact of urbanization on biodiversity can be buffered by blue (eg, rivers,
ponds) and green (eg, parks, forests) spaces. However, to prevent biodiversity loss and …

One of the major planning tools to respond to urban landscape fragmentation is the
development of ecological corridors, that is, interconnected networks of urban green and …

Introductions of non-native lineages increase opportunities for hybridization. Non-native
lineages of the common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis, are frequently introduced in cities …

The rapid expansion of urban land across the globe presents new and numerous
opportunities for invasive species to spread and flourish. Ecologists historically rejected …

Urbanization is a major factor driving habitat fragmentation and connectivity loss in wildlife.
However, the impacts of urbanization on connectivity can vary among species and even …

Land managers must find a compromise between rapidly changing landscapes and
biodiversity conservation through ecological networks. Estimating ecological networks is a …

Habitat connectivity is a key objective of current conservation policies and is commonly
modeled by landscape graphs (ie, sets of habitat patches [nodes] connected by potential …

Urban areas with residential yards (= domestic gardens) provide a diverse environmental
mosaic characterized by high plant architectural and species diversity and variation in yard …