There is an urgent need to thoroughly review and comprehend the effects of urbanization on
wildlife in order to understand both the ecological implications of increasing urbanization …

The black rat (Rattus rattus) is among the world's worst invasive species, having spread
across the globe in close association with the spread of human settlement. It is the source of …

It is important to understand the relative effects of landscape habitat loss, habitat
fragmentation, and matrix quality on biodiversity, so that potential management options can …

Identifying nest predators is critical to understanding predation pressures that birds face, and
using surveillance cameras appears to be the most reliable method of nest predator …

In the past two decades, many researchers have used artificial nests to measure relative
rates of nest predation. Recent comparisons show that real and artificial nests may not be …

Urban areas have been considered “safe zones” for nesting birds because of low
abundance of predators, and consequently low predation pressure. We studied risk of …

Birds raise their young under constant risk of predation, which shapes how parents and
young communicate acoustically. Nestling begging calls extract care from parents but …

Understanding factors that limit the productivity and survival of birds in rapidly changing
human-dominated landscapes are key to managing future population persistence. To date …

Migration is among the best studied of animal behaviors, yet few empirical studies have
tested hypotheses explaining the ultimate causes of these cyclical annual movements …

Human population growth has led to increased contact between people and wildlife, with
adverse impacts for both, such as damage to economic crops and wildlife persecution …