Global herpetofauna faces threats by habitat loss and degradation, with amphibian and
reptile species maintenance in human-modified landscapes not only depending on forest …

Context Birds, as indicators of biodiversity, are experiencing habitat reduction and loss due
to landscape changes. Evidence is mounting that the response of bird richness to landscape …

The audiovisual experience of observing birds in cities provides numerous benefits to
residents, but their diversity is endangered by urbanization. Although the magnitude of the …

The widespread use of species traits in basic and applied ecology, conservation and
biogeography has led to an exponential increase in functional diversity analyses, with> 10 …

Land‐use change is the leading driver of global biodiversity loss thus characterising its
impacts on the functional structure of ecological communities is an urgent challenge. Using …

The intensifying urbanization markedly influences bird diversity, frequently with negative
repercussions but also yielding mixed outcomes. Our hypothesis posits that the variability in …

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

Urban expansion poses a serious threat to biodiversity. Given that the expected area of
urban land cover is predicted to increase by 2–3 million km2 by 2050, urban environments …

Large expanses of tropical rainforest have been converted into agricultural landscapes
cultivated by smallholder farmers. This is also the case in north‐eastern Madagascar; a …

Understanding how organisms are co** with major changes imposed by urban
intensification is a complex task. In fact, our understanding of the impacts of urbanization on …