[HTML][HTML] Urbanization driving changes in plant species and communities–A global view

R de Barros Ruas, LMS Costa, F Bered - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2022‏ - Elsevier
The urban landscape is becoming the environment most familiar to most of humanity, which
has consequences for society, the environment, and biodiversity. Here, we present a …

Evolution of life in urban environments

MTJ Johnson, J Munshi-South - Science, 2017‏ - science.org
BACKGROUND The extent of urban areas is increasing around the world, and most humans
now live in cities. Urbanization results in dramatic environmental change, including …

A roadmap for urban evolutionary ecology

LR Rivkin, JS Santangelo, M Alberti… - Evolutionary …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Urban ecosystems are rapidly expanding throughout the world, but how urban growth affects
the evolutionary ecology of species living in urban areas remains largely unknown. Urban …

Urban driven phenotypic changes: empirical observations and theoretical implications for eco-evolutionary feedback

M Alberti, J Marzluff, VM Hunt - … Transactions of the …, 2017‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Emerging evidence that cities drive micro-evolution raises the question of whether rapid
urbanization of Earth might impact ecosystems by causing systemic changes in functional …

[ספר][B] Darwin comes to town: How the urban jungle drives evolution

M Schilthuizen - 2019‏ - books.google.com
From evolutionary biologist Menno Schilthuizen, a book that will make you see yourself and
the world around you in an entirely new way* Carrion crows in the Japanese city of Sendai …

Artificial light at night as a driver of evolution across urban–rural landscapes

GR Hopkins, KJ Gaston, ME Visser… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Light is fundamental to biological systems, affecting the daily rhythms of bacteria, plants, and
animals. Artificial light at night (ALAN), a ubiquitous feature of urbanization, interferes with …

Urbanization drives the evolution of parallel clines in plant populations

KA Thompson, M Renaudin… - Proceedings of the …, 2016‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Urban ecosystems are an increasingly dominant feature of terrestrial landscapes. While
evidence that species can adapt to urban environments is accumulating, the mechanisms …

Contrasting the effects of natural selection, genetic drift and gene flow on urban evolution in white clover (Trifolium repens)

MTJ Johnson, CM Prashad… - Proceedings of the …, 2018‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Urbanization is a global phenomenon with profound effects on the ecology and evolution of
organisms. We examined the relative roles of natural selection, genetic drift and gene flow in …

Moving towards a new urban systems science

PM Groffman, ML Cadenasso, J Cavender-Bares… - Ecosystems, 2017‏ - Springer
A bstract Research on urban ecosystems rapidly expanded in the 1990s and is now a
central topic in ecosystem science. In this paper, we argue that there are two critical …

City life on fast lanes: Urbanization induces an evolutionary shift towards a faster lifestyle in the water flea Daphnia

KI Brans, L De Meester - Functional Ecology, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Multiple species show significant trait shifts in response to urbanization. Yet, the impact of
anthropogenic warming linked to the urban heat island effect is remarkably understudied. In …