Citizen science and the urban ecology of birds and butterflies—a systematic review

J Wang Wei, BPYH Lee, L Bing Wen - Plos one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Citizen science has gained widespread currency as a tool for ecological research over the
past decade. However, in the discipline of urban ecology, the existing contributions and …

The value of small forest fragments and urban tree canopy for Neotropical migrant birds during winter and migration seasons in Latin American countries: A systematic …

JD Amaya-Espinel, ME Hostetler - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2019 - Elsevier
Avian studies have explored how development and landscape fragmentation leads to a loss
of native avifauna, particularly migrants during the breeding season. However, during the …

Does urbanization affect the seasonal dynamics of bird communities in urban parks?

LM Leveau, CM Leveau - Urban ecosystems, 2016 - Springer
The environmental factors affecting the spatial dynamics of bird communities in urban parks
are well understood, but much less attention has been paid to the seasonal dynamics of bird …

The role of park size on ecosystem services in urban environment: a review

EN Sarı, S Bayraktar - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2023 - Springer
Urban parks play an important role in urban ecosystems with multifunctional services. Park
size is one of the important attributes to explain the potential capacity of urban parks. In …

Greenspaces as shelters for the conservation of bird diversity in a big city

JE Ramírez-Albores, LA Sánchez-González… - Urban …, 2024 - Springer
Increasing in human population causes expansion of urban areas, which threatens forest
lands and the biodiversity they harbor. Greenspaces act a critical role maintaining bird …

What's new? An updated review of avian ecology in urban Latin America

JF Escobar-Ibáñez, I MacGregor-Fors - Avian ecology in Latin American …, 2017 - Springer
Among human activities, urbanization represents one of the most worrisome for biodiversity
due to the intensity and long-term effects in the place where a city develops, as well as their …

Taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity of bird assemblages in urban green spaces: null model analyses, temporal variation and ecological drivers

R Nava-Diaz, I Zuria, R Pineda-Lopez - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Urban expansion is a pervasive driver of biodiversity loss. To understand the effects of
urbanization on diversity, we investigated the response of bird taxonomic, phylogenetic, and …

Overwintering in a megacity: Urban green areas and migratory birds in Mexico City

R Pacheco-Muñoz, MÁ Aguilar-Gómez… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nearctic-Neotropical migratory birds are threatened by land-use change throughout their
complex annual cycles. While urbanization is an essential driver of land-use change, it is …

Habitat traits that increase the probability of occupancy of migratory birds in an urban ecological reserve

JJ Zúñiga-Vega, I Solano-Zavaleta, MF Sáenz-Escobar… - Acta Oecologica, 2019 - Elsevier
Several migratory bird species spend the winter in highly disturbed regions in the tropics.
Green areas within cities may be used as wintering grounds and, given the documented …

A dead letter? Urban conservation, management, and planning strategies from the Mexican urban bird literature

I MacGregor-Fors, MA Gómez-Martínez… - Urban …, 2020 - Springer
Urbanization has been identified as one of the major causes of species endangerment.
Albeit important efforts by urban ecologists, there are still understudied regions in the globe …