DTC Cox, KJ Gaston - … of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Many human populations are undergoing an extinction of experience, with a progressive decline in interactions with nature. This is a consequence both of a loss of opportunity for …
Aim The process of urbanization can lead to specialist species being replaced by generalist species in space and time, increasing similarity among bird communities. This phenomenon …
At present, urban areas cover almost 3% of the Earth's terrestrial area, and this proportion is constantly increasing. Although urbanization leads to a decline in biodiversity, at the same …
EI Greig, EM Wood, DN Bonter - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Anthropogenic changes to the landscape and climate cause novel ecological and evolutionary pressures, leading to potentially dramatic changes in the distribution of …
M Stillfried, P Gras, K Börner, F Göritz… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
In urban areas with a high level of human disturbance, wildlife has to adjust its behavior to deal with the so called “landscape of fear.” This can be studied in risk perception during …
Europe is an urbanized continent characterized by a long history of human-wildlife interactions. This study aimed to assess the effects of specific elements of urbanization and …
I Douglas, D Goode, M Houck, R Wang - 2011 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Names: Douglas, Ian, 1936–editor.| Routledge (Firm) Title: The Routledge handbook of urban ecology/edited by Ian Douglas, Pippin Anderson, David Goode, Michael C. Houck …
Around 56% of the world's population live in cities, with rapid urbanisation in developing regions. However, most ecological studies focus on developed countries. Here, we conduct …
Urban areas represent a spectrum that goes from being safe habitats for biodiversity (ie, habitats more or equally preferred, without costs to fitness) to being ecological traps (ie …