Since the 1990s, recognition of urban biodiversity research has increased steadily.
Knowledge of how ecological communities respond to urban pressures can assist in …

Understanding varying levels of biodiversity within cities is pivotal to protect it in the face of
global urbanisation. In the early stages of urban ecology studies on intra‐urban biodiversity …

How does nature work in our human-created city, suburb, and exurb/peri-urb? Indeed how is
ecology-including its urban water, soil, air, plant, and animal foundations-spatially entwined …

Almost all organisms live in environments that have been altered, to some degree, by
human activities. Because behaviour mediates interactions between an individual and its …

Increasing urbanization degrades quantity, quality, and the functionality of spatial cohesion
of natural areas essential to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning worldwide. The …

The initial response of individuals to human‐induced environmental change is often
behavioural. This can improve the performance of individuals under sudden, large‐scale …

Many cities around the world are expanding and this trend in urbanization is expected to
sharply increase over coming decades. At the same time, the integration of green and blue …

Global urbanization is exerting severe stress and having far-reaching impacts on the eco-
environment, and yet there exists a complex non-linear coupling relationship between the …

In-depth analysis and discussion of the interactive relationship between urbanization and
ecological security are basis and prerequisite for ensuring the coordinated development of …

Recent research has demonstrated that ponds contribute a great deal to biodiversity at a
regional level as networks of habitat patches that also act as 'stepping stones' to facilitate the …