The use of gradient analysis studies in advancing our understanding of the ecology of urbanizing landscapes: current status and future directions

MJ McDonnell, AK Hahs - Landscape Ecology, 2008 - Springer
Over the past decade, the urban–rural gradient approach has been effectively used to study
the ecology of cities and towns around the world. These studies have focused on …

[HTML][HTML] Urbanization decreases species richness, and increases abundance in dry climates whereas decreases in wet climates: a global meta-analysis

B Szabó, D Korányi, R Gallé, GL Lövei… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Soil invertebrates have an essential role in decomposition, nutrient turnover and soil
structure formation, all of which are strongly threatened by urbanization. Sealing …

Chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of urban soils

RV Pouyat, K Szlavecz, ID Yesilonis… - Urban ecosystem …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Urban soils provide an array of ecosystem services to inhabitants of cities and towns.
Urbanization affects soils and their capacity to provide ecosystem services directly through …

Does urbanization decrease diversity in ground beetle (Carabidae) assemblages?

T Magura, GL Lövei… - Global Ecology and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim We wanted to test whether urbanization has similar effects on biodiversity in different
locations, comparing the responses of ground beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae) assemblages …

Effects of urbanization on ground-dwelling spiders in forest patches, in Hungary

T Magura, R Horváth, B Tóthmérész - Landscape Ecology, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Effects of urbanization on ground-dwelling spiders (Araneae) were studied using
pitfall traps along an urban-suburban–rural forest gradient in Debrecen (Hungary). We found …

Millipede (Diplopoda) assemblages alter drastically by urbanisation

D Bogyó, T Magura, E Simon, B Tóthmérész - Landscape and Urban …, 2015 - Elsevier
Urban areas are radically growing worldwide, causing changes in biodiversity and natural
habitats. We studied the effects of urbanisation on millipede (Diplopoda) assemblages along …

Arthropod assemblages and functional responses along an urbanization gradient: A trait-based multi-taxa approach

DD Nagy, T Magura, R Horváth, Z Debnár… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2018 - Elsevier
Urbanization causes considerable alteration across a wide range of ecosystem functions at
regional and global scales. These changes could be key drivers of habitat stability and …

Evidence for the evolution of thermal tolerance, but not desiccation tolerance, in response to hotter, drier city conditions in a cosmopolitan, terrestrial isopod

AR Yilmaz, SE Diamond, RA Martin - Evolutionary Applications, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Cities are often hotter and drier compared with nearby undeveloped areas, but how
organisms respond to these multifarious stressors associated with urban heat islands is …

Responses of carabid beetles to urbanization in Transylvania (Romania)

B Tóthmérész, I Máthé, E Balázs, T Magura - Landscape and Urban …, 2011 - Elsevier
To investigate the impact of urbanization on carabid beetles samples were taken over two
years using pitfall traps along a rural–urban forest gradient representing increasing human …

[HTML][HTML] Isopod distribution and climate change

S Sfenthourakis, E Hornung - ZooKeys, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The unique properties of terrestrial isopods regarding responses to limiting factors such as
drought and temperature have led to interesting distributional patterns along climatic and …