The majority of humanity now lives in cities or towns, with this proportion expected to
continue increasing for the foreseeable future. As novel ecosystems, urban areas offer an …

With increasing urbanization the importance of cities for biodiversity conservation grows.
This paper reviews the ways in which biodiversity is affected by urbanization and discusses …

Recently reported insect declines have raised both political and social concern. Although
the declines have been attributed to land use and climate change, supporting evidence …

Cities are both embedded within and ecologically linked to their surrounding landscapes.
Although urbanization poses a substantial threat to biodiversity, cities also support many …

Urbanization contributes to the loss of the world's biodiversity and the homogenization of its
biota. However, comparative studies of urban biodiversity leading to robust generalities of …

Although urban ecosystems are hotspots for biological invasions, the field of invasion
science has given scant attention to invasion dynamics and the challenges facing managers …

How does nature work in our human-created city, suburb, and exurb/peri-urb? Indeed how is
ecology-including its urban water, soil, air, plant, and animal foundations-spatially entwined …

It has been known for centuries that microorganisms are ubiquitous in the atmosphere,
where they are capable of long-distance dispersal. Likewise, it is well-established that these …

The concept of urban wilderness feels like a paradox since natural and urban environments
have long been viewed as antithetical. Today, however, wilderness is high on the urban …

Background Wild bees are important pollinators that have declined in diversity and
abundance during the last decades. Habitat destruction and fragmentation associated with …