A review of urban impacts on avian life‐history evolution: Does city living lead to slower pace of life?

T Sepp, KJ McGraw, A Kaasik… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The concept of a pace‐of‐life syndrome describes inter‐and intraspecific variation in several
life‐history traits along a slow‐to‐fast pace‐of‐life continuum, with long lifespans, low …

A review on the prevalence of poxvirus disease in free-living and captive wild birds

RAJ Williams, DA Truchado, L Benitez - Microbiology Research, 2021 - mdpi.com
Avian pox is a widespread infection in birds caused by genus Avipoxvirus pathogens. It is a
noteworthy, potentially lethal disease to wild and domestic hosts. It can produce two different …

[PDF][PDF] Urbanisation and its effects on bats—a global meta-analysis

K Jung, CG Threlfall - Bats in the Anthropocene: conservation of …, 2016 - library.oapen.org
Urbanisation is viewed as the most ecologically damaging change to land use worldwide,
posing significant threats to global biodiversity. However, studies from around the world …

The ecological foundations of transmission potential and vector‐borne disease in urban landscapes

SL LaDeau, BF Allan, PT Leisnham… - Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Urban transmission of arthropod‐vectored disease has increased in recent decades.
Understanding and managing transmission potential in urban landscapes requires …

Global patterns and drivers of urban bird diversity

CA Lepczyk, FA La Sorte, MFJ Aronson… - … and conservation of …, 2017 - Springer
The rapid urbanization of the world has profound effects on global biodiversity, and
urbanization has been counted among the processes contributing to the homogenization of …

Influence of urbanization on body size, condition, and physiology in an urban exploiter: a multi-component approach

A Meillère, F Brischoux, C Parenteau, F Angelier - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Consistent expanding urbanization dramatically transforms natural habitats and exposes
organisms to novel environmental challenges, often leading to reduced species richness …

Transcriptome analysis of a wild bird reveals physiological responses to the urban environment

H Watson, E Videvall, MN Andersson, C Isaksson - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Identifying the molecular basis of environmentally induced phenotypic variation presents
exciting opportunities for furthering our understanding of how ecological processes and the …

A new framework for urban ecology: an integration of proximate and ultimate responses to anthropogenic change

JQ Ouyang, C Isaksson, C Schmidt… - Integrative and …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
As urban areas continue to grow, understanding how species respond and adapt to urban
habitats is becoming increasingly important. Knowledge of the mechanisms behind …

Growing in Cities: An Urban Penalty for Wild Birds? A Study of Phenotypic Differences between Urban and Rural Great Tit Chicks (Parus major)

C Biard, F Brischoux, A Meillère, B Michaud… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Urban sprawl is associated with deep and intense modifications of the natural habitats of
wild vertebrates. Although, many species are unable to cope with such an environment, a …

The power of community science to quantify ecological interactions in cities

BJ Putman, R Williams, E Li, GB Pauly - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Studying animals in urban environments is especially challenging because much of the area
is private property not easily accessible to professional scientists. In addition, collecting data …