Urban ecological studies, including focus on cities, suburbs, and exurbs, while having deep
roots in the early to mid 20th century, have burgeoned in the last several decades. We use …

The human population is rapidly urbanizing, and the negative impacts of urban cover on
biodiversity and ecosystem function are expected to increase. Trophic dynamics have been …

As urban growth expands and natural environments fragment, it is essential to understand
the ecological roles fulfilled by urban green spaces. To evaluate how urban green spaces …

Residential yards comprise a substantial portion of urban landscapes, and the collective
effects of the management of many individual yards may “scale up” to affect urban …

Urban green infrastructure (GI) has been promoted as an approach to respond to major
urban environmental and social challenges such as reducing the ecological footprint …

Urbanisation has been linked to habitat loss and degradation with detrimental impacts on
native biodiversity. Urban green spaces can provide refuge habitats for less tolerant bird …

Several studies have attempted to disentangle the effects of direct habitat loss from factors
such as habitat degradation or fragmentation, and in general highlight that the amount of …

Understanding how human-dominated landscapes affect biodiversity and ecosystems is
essential for effective conservation planning. This work aims to understand the relationship …

Urbanization presents an unplanned and highly replicated global experiment to understand
biotic responses to global changes. Here we conducted a global analysis on patterns and …

Urban green spaces offer multiple ecosystem services (ES), which provide a variety of
benefits to human well-being. Yet in urban planning they are not taken into account …