Land transformation, including urbanization, is a dominant form of anthropogenic change to
the global environment at the dawn of the Anthropocene epoch. More and more species are …

Stressors associated with urban habitats have been linked to poor wildlife health but
whether a general negative relationship between urbanization and animal health can be …

Genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) encode antigen‐binding molecules
and are an integral part of the acquired immune response of vertebrates. In general, high …

Commercial poultry operations produce and crowd billions of birds every year, which is a
source of inexpensive animal protein. Commercial poultry is intensely bred for desirable …

Urbanisation is one of the main anthropogenic forms of land cover affecting an ever-
increasing number of wild animals and their habitats. Physiological plasticity represents an …

Urbanization leads to complex environmental changes and poses multiple challenges to
organisms. Amphibians are highly susceptible to the effects of urbanization, with land use …

Speciation, or the process by which one population diverges into multiple populations that
can no longer interbreed with each other, has brought about the incredible diversity of life …