Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among adult population in India: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Krishnamoorthy, S Rajaa, S Murali, T Rehman… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Objective This review was done to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS)
among adult general population in India. We also wanted to find the gender, setting, and …

Phenotypic variation in urban environments: mechanisms and implications

MJ Thompson, P Capilla-Lasheras… - Trends in ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
In the past decade, numerous studies have explored how urbanisation affects the mean
phenotypes of populations, but it remains unknown how urbanisation impacts phenotypic …

Animal life history is shaped by the pace of life and the distribution of age-specific mortality and reproduction

K Healy, THG Ezard, OR Jones… - Nature ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Animals exhibit an extraordinary diversity of life history strategies. These realized
combinations of survival, development and reproduction are predicted to be constrained by …

Evolution in cities

SE Diamond, RA Martin - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Although research performed in cities will not uncover new evolutionary mechanisms, it
could provide unprecedented opportunities to examine the interplay of evolutionary forces in …

Food availability limits avian reproduction in the city: An experimental study on great tits Parus major

G Seress, K Sándor, KL Evans… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The altered ecological and environmental conditions in towns and cities strongly affect
demographic traits of urban animal populations, for example avian reproductive success is …

Impact of urbanization on abundance and phenology of caterpillars and consequences for breeding in an insectivorous bird

G Seress, T Hammer, V Bókony, E Vincze… - Ecological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization can have marked effects on plant and animal populations' phenology,
population size, predator–prey, interactions and reproductive success. These aspects are …

The origin of urban communities: From the regional species pool to community assemblages in city

B Fournier, D Frey, M Moretti - Journal of Biogeography, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Cities worldwide are characterized by unique human stressors that filter species based
on their traits, potentially leading to biodiversity loss. The knowledge of which species are …

Urban exploiters have broader dietary niches than urban avoiders

FX Palacio - Ibis, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization is currently one of the most pervasive threats to biodiversity worldwide, yet
traits permitting birds to exploit urban environments are not fully understood. I used bird traits …

[KNIHA][B] The Routledge handbook of urban ecology

I Douglas, D Goode, M Houck, R Wang - 2011 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Names: Douglas, Ian, 1936–editor.| Routledge (Firm) Title: The Routledge handbook of
urban ecology/edited by Ian Douglas, Pippin Anderson, David Goode, Michael C. Houck …

Compensatory recruitment allows amphibian population persistence in anthropogenic habitats

H Cayuela, B Monod-Broca… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Habitat anthropization is a major driver of global biodiversity decline. Although most species
are negatively affected, some benefit from anthropogenic habitat modifications by showing …