Temporal variation of insect communities in urban environments is poorly known and
mechanisms driving these changes are unclear, as are the implications for insectivorous …

Objective: To investigate the profile of occupational heat-induced illness costs in South
Australia and to examine the association with high temperature. Methods: Workers' …

Worldwide more and more people live and work in cities, where urban nature and their
ecosystem services are the basis for economic development and social wellbeing …

Although urban sprawl is increasingly becoming a worldwide problem, the effects
associated with urbanization on local biodiversity particularly in the developing countries, is …

We examined whether environmental or social factors alone, or a combination of social–
ecological factors were more effective at explaining patterns in plant and bird assemblages …

One of the major drivers of global biodiversity declines is habitat loss and modification, often
associated with anthropogenic environments. To mitigate biodiversity declines, a …

Alien species in urban areas have a large effect on overall species diversity. A suitable
metric of flora's response to environmental change is functional diversity (FD) that refers to …

Urbanisation is one of the most pervasive agents of contemporary landscape change
globally. Rapid land use change and competing land uses pose multiple challenges for …

The availability of natural habitats is decreasing due to increases in the human population
and inexorable urban spread. Although many marsupials cannot live in urban environments …

Urban areas are among the most affected by human activities. In Europe, urbanization has
essentially occurred since the end of the 19th century. However, the influence of this …