Urbanization is a permanent and still continuing expansion of human settlements and is
responsible for dramatic changes of natural areas to urban areas. In traditional view …

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 …

As urbanization accelerates, there is an increasing focus on understanding the ecological
aspects of urbanization (both direct and indirect impacts on communities and biodiversity) …

The aim of this study was to explore different components of avian diversity in two types of
urban green areas, parks and cemeteries, in four European countries in relation to …

Artificial light at night (LAN) has become a stressor of global extent. Previous work has
highlighted the high potential of LAN to interfere with annual and diel rhythms of seasonal …

The timing of egg laying by songbirds is known to be strongly affected by local climate, with
temperature and precipitation being the most influential factors. However, most research to …

In this study, we investigated bird and mammal assemblages in the Public Cemetery
(Kosice, Slovakia), which represents a green island in the urban environment of Kosice …

This chapter aims to provide a general overview of why bird species differ in adaptation to
urban areas, because food availability and encephalization are crucial for understanding …

Many features of the urban environment, such as a warmer microclimate, can positively
affect populations of birds and mammals inhabiting cities, while at the same time may affect …

Several animal species can survive within cities by changing their behavior; such changes
could be the result of evolutionary adaptation, epigenetic effects, or come from preadapted …