Phenotypic variation in urban environments: mechanisms and implications

MJ Thompson, P Capilla-Lasheras… - Trends in ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
In the past decade, numerous studies have explored how urbanisation affects the mean
phenotypes of populations, but it remains unknown how urbanisation impacts phenotypic …

Human–nature interactions and the consequences and drivers of provisioning wildlife

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 …

Evidence of evolutionary homogenization of bird communities in urban environments across Europe

F Morelli, Y Benedetti, JD Ibáñez‐Álamo… - Global Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Habitat type, food resources, noise and light pollution explain the species composition, abundance and stability of a winter bird assemblage in an urban environment

M Ciach, A Fröhlich - Urban Ecosystems, 2017 - Springer
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 …

Winter range expansion of a hummingbird is associated with urbanization and supplementary feeding

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 …

Secrets of success in a landscape of fear: urban wild boar adjust risk perception and tolerate disturbance

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 …

Effects of urbanization on taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic avian diversity in Europe

F Morelli, Y Benedetti, JD Ibáñez-Álamo… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

[图书][B] The Routledge handbook of urban ecology

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 …

Understanding drivers of global urban bird diversity

AC Hughes, MC Orr, F Lei, Q Yang, H Qiao - Global Environmental Change, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

What do we know (and need to know) about the role of urban habitats as ecological traps? Systematic review and meta-analysis

J Zuniga-Palacios, I Zuria, I Castellanos, C Lara… - Science of the total …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …