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

Despite the recognised conservation value of phylogenetic diversity, little is known about
how it is affected by the urbanisation process. Combining a complete avian phylogeny with …

Urban green spaces provide a habitat for a wide variety of bird species. However, changes
in characteristics of the surrounding urban morphology could influence the contribution of …

Urbanization destroys or modifies native habitats and creates new ones with its
infrastructure. Because of these changes, urban landscapes favor non-native and native …

It has been suggested that provision of greenery can ameliorate the hostility of the urban
environment for wildlife, but greenery can either be in the form of regenerating or remnant …

Context Conservation of biodiversity in cities depends on ecologically sensitive urban
planning, informed by an understanding of patterns of species distributions and richness …

Urbanization is an expanding process worldwide, causing major threats to biodiversity
through both species extinction and biotic homogenization. Most studies focusing on urban …

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 …

Urban parks are isolated fragmentary areas within the urban environment, providing both
recreational spaces for its citizens and habitat for birds. This study focuses on analyzing …

Urbanization is expanding continuously over rural and natural areas and it is imperative to
analyze its effect on bird communities. Although the impact of urbanization on bird …