The accelerated rate of urban growth has become of major environmental concern,
especially in less developed countries where urban development is expected to rise …

Abstract To date, research on the effects of urbanization, which include reduced biodiversity,
has focused on changes at particular sites or along gradients of urbanization. Comparatively …

Pollinators-insects, birds, bats, and other animals that carry pollen from the male to the
female parts of flowers for plant reproduction-are an essential part of natural and agricultural …

Cities represent an important threat to biodiversity at different scales. Nevertheless, little is
known on the processes underlying such effects. In this paper we describe bird diversity …

Concerns about pollinator declines have grown in recent years, yet the ability to detect
changes in abundance, taxonomic richness, and composition of pollinator communities is …

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 …

Simple Summary To detect changes in migrating bird populations that are usually gradual,
regular counts of the flocks should be carried out. This is vital for giving more precise …

Species‐area relationships (SARs) are among the most studied phenomena in ecology, and
are important both to our basic understanding of biodiversity and to improving our ability to …

3 Fernandez-Juricic, E. and Jokimaki, J.(2001) A habitat island approach to conserving birds
in urban landscapes: case studies from southern and northern Europe. Biodiv. Conserv. 10 …

Long-term monitoring projects and studies designed to survey large, variable areas often
face a similar challenge: data collection. Researchers can sometimes overcome this …