The conservation of biological diversity is closely linked with the fate of the world's cities.
While the protection of sensitive and threatened species and habitats has often taken place …

Exurban development is an accelerating land use trend in the United States with new
housing units emerging in formerly closed forests. Conservation practitioners and planners …

Comparative studies can be simply described as the systematic assessment of similarities
and s between diverse entities, philosophies and styles. To conduct such studies requires …

Urban ecology is an emerging discipline providing opportunities for inclusion, incorporation
and integration of methodologies from numerous disciplines across natural and social …

Ranches are being converted to exurban housing developments in the southwestern United
States, with potentially significant but little‐studied impacts on biological diversity. We …

Opportunities to improve the ecological functioning of agricultural landscapes in the US
Midwest exist, and could include the restoration of native plant communities to improve …

Mesocarnivores play important ecological roles and are valued by diverse stakeholders.
These species are often the focus of conservation efforts or are managed for sustainable …

Context The urban gradient concept has been applied widely to test biological responses to
urbanization. However, a general understanding of the effects of urbanization has remained …

One challenge of studying how urbanization impacts ecological patterns and processes is to
characterize 'urban'and thus evaluate and determine measures to quantify urbanization …

The growth and survival of urban trees and maintenance of urban forest canopy are
important considerations in adaptation of urban regions to climate change, especially in …