Effects of urbanization on species richness: a review of plants and animals

ML McKinney - Urban ecosystems, 2008 - Springer
Many studies have described the effects of urbanization on species richness. These studies
indicate that urbanization can increase or decrease species richness, depending on several …

Managing social insects of urban importance

MK Rust, NY Su - Annual review of entomology, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Social insects have a tremendous economic and social impact on urban communities. The
rapid urbanization of the world has dramatically increased the incidence of urban pests …

Negative effects of urbanization on terrestrial arthropod communities: A meta‐analysis

MS Fenoglio, MR Rossetti… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Urbanization is one of the most significant anthropogenic alterations of the surface of
the Earth and constitutes a major threat to biodiversity at the global level. Arthropods are a …

[BOOK][B] Ant ecology

L Lach, C Parr, K Abbott - 2010 - books.google.com
Comprising a substantial part of living biomass on earth, ants are integral to the functioning
of terrestrial ecosystems. More than 12,000 species have been described to date, and it is …

The effect of urbanization on ant abundance and diversity: a temporal examination of factors affecting biodiversity

G Buczkowski, DS Richmond - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Numerous studies have examined the effect of urbanization on species richness and most
studies implicate urbanization as the major cause of biodiversity loss. However, no study …

Local and landscape drivers of arthropod abundance, richness, and trophic composition in urban habitats

SM Philpott, J Cotton, P Bichier, RL Friedrich… - Urban …, 2014 - Springer
Urban green spaces, such as forest fragments, vacant lots, and community gardens, are
increasingly highlighted as biodiversity refuges and are of growing interest to conservation …

Diversity, abundance, and species composition of ants in urban green spaces

S Uno, J Cotton, SM Philpott - Urban Ecosystems, 2010 - Springer
Urbanization threatens biodiversity, yet the number and scope of studies on urban arthropod
biodiversity are relatively limited. We sampled ant communities in three urban habitats …

[BOOK][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 …

Urban areas may serve as habitat and corridors for dry-adapted, heat tolerant species; an example from ants

SB Menke, B Guénard, JO Sexton, MD Weiser… - Urban …, 2011 - Springer
We collected ants from six urban and one forest land-use types in Raleigh, NC to examine
the effects of urbanization on species richness and assemblage composition. Since urban …

Urbanisation alters ecological interactions: Ant mutualists increase and specialist insect predators decrease on an urban gradient

EA Rocha, MDE Fellowes - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The modification of habitats in urban areas is thought to alter patterns of species
interactions, by filtering specialist species and those at higher trophic levels. However …