Interactive effects of rising temperatures and urbanisation on birds across different climate zones: A mechanistic perspective

P Sumasgutner, SJ Cunningham… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change and urbanisation are among the most pervasive and rapidly growing threats
to biodiversity worldwide. However, their impacts are usually considered in isolation, and …

The evolutionary ecology of fatty‐acid variation: Implications for consumer adaptation and diversification

CW Twining, JR Bernhardt, AM Derry… - Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The nutritional diversity of resources can affect the adaptive evolution of consumer
metabolism and consumer diversification. The omega‐3 long‐chain polyunsaturated fatty …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of urbanization on birds

C Isaksson - Bird species, 2018 - library.oapen.org
Urban habitats and landscapes are markedly different from nonurban “natural” habitats. The
major difference is the transformation of the land, from natural green areas to anthropogenic …

Immune genes are hotspots of shared positive selection across birds and mammals

AJ Shultz, TB Sackton - Elife, 2019 - elifesciences.org
Consistent patterns of positive selection in functionally similar genes can suggest a common
selective pressure across a group of species. We use alignments of orthologous protein …

The impact of urbanization on health depends on the health metric, life stage and level of urbanization: a global meta-analysis on avian species

R Reid, P Capilla-Lasheras… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Stressors associated with urban habitats have been linked to poor wildlife health but
whether a general negative relationship between urbanization and animal health can be …

The impact of human activities on Australian wildlife

A Taylor-Brown, R Booth, A Gillett, E Mealy… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Increasing human population size and the concomitant expansion of urbanisation
significantly impact natural ecosystems and native fauna globally. Successful conservation …

Transcriptome analysis of a wild bird reveals physiological responses to the urban environment

H Watson, E Videvall, MN Andersson, C Isaksson - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Identifying the molecular basis of environmentally induced phenotypic variation presents
exciting opportunities for furthering our understanding of how ecological processes and the …

Urban environment shortens telomere length in nestling great tits, Parus major

P Salmon, JF Nilsson, A Nord, S Bensch… - Biology …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Urban environments are expanding rapidly, and with urbanization come both challenges
and opportunities for wildlife. Challenges include combating the anthropogenic disturbances …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of urban life on animal immunity: Adaptations and constraints

P Minias - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Land transformation, including urbanization, is a dominant form of anthropogenic change to
the global environment at the dawn of the Anthropocene epoch. More and more species are …

Garden bird feeding: insights and prospects from a north-south comparison of this global urban phenomenon

SJ Reynolds, JA Galbraith, JA Smith… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Intentional feeding of wild birds in gardens or backyards is one of the most popular forms of
human–wildlife interactions in the developed world, especially in urban environments. The …