The globalization of trade and increased human mobility have facilitated the introduction
and spread of nonnative species, posing significant threats to biodiversity and human well …

Ecological thresholds comprise relatively fast changes in ecological conditions, with respect
to time or external drivers, and are an attractive concept in both scientific and policy arenas …

Although species are being lost at alarming rates, previous research has provided
conflicting results on the extent and even direction of global biodiversity change at the local …

Citizen science (CS) is regarded as a promising format in environmental and sustainability
education as well as in science education. CS projects often assume that participation in the …

Understanding the composition of urban wildlife communities is crucial to promote
biodiversity, ecosystem function and links between nature and people. Using crowdsourced …

Context The rapid urban expansion in southern coastal regions of China can endanger the
quality and connectivity of bird habits and thus challenge our capacity for protecting bird …

The Allerton Park workshop essentially defined landscape ecology as a field of study that
cuts across multiple natural and social sciences (Risser et al. 1984). The report on the …

Cities are human-dominated ecosystems where landscape transformation decreases
biodiversity, a conservation concern when urbanization sprawls into biodiversity hotspots …

In cities, humans directly and indirectly affect plant and wildlife communities. These human–
species interactions are not included in traditional ecological approaches used to …

Ensuring bird diversity can secure key ecosystem services within cities. Building ecological
corridors into urban planning is an effective way to protect urban birds, but existing corridor …