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 …

As urbanisation is set to continue, understanding the impact on wildlife becomes
increasingly important if we are to be able to conserve biodiversity. As an excellent group of …

Land use and related pressures have reduced local terrestrial biodiversity, but it is unclear
how the magnitude of change relates to the recently proposed planetary boundary (“safe …

Human activities, especially conversion and degradation of habitats, are causing global
biodiversity declines. How local ecological assemblages are responding is less clear—a …

When measured by extent and intensity, urbanization is one of the most homogenizing of all
major human activities. Cities homogenize the physical environment because they are built …

Abstract 'Carabidologists do it all'(Niemelä 1996a) is a phrase with which most European
carabidologists are familiar. Indeed, during the last half a century, professional and amateur …

The combined method of urban gradient analysis and landscape metrics in analyzing the
changes of landscape pattern has been widely applied since its introduction by Luck and …

Biodiversity continues to decline in the face of increasing anthropogenic pressures such as
habitat destruction, exploitation, pollution and introduction of alien species. Existing global …

Urbanization dramatically changes the composition and diversity of biotic communities. The
characteristics distinguishing species that persist in urban environments, however, are …

Abstract The PREDICTS project—Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing
Terrestrial Systems (https://www. nhm. ac. uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/predicts …