Current narratives suggest that urban adaptation–the adaptive evolution of organisms to
cities–is pervasive across taxa and cities. However, in reviewing hundreds of studies, we …

Rapid urbanization and the global loss of biodiversity necessitate the development of a
research agenda that addresses knowledge gaps in urban ecology that will inform policy …

Cities are both embedded within and ecologically linked to their surrounding landscapes.
Although urbanization poses a substantial threat to biodiversity, cities also support many …

Research in ecology and wildlife biology remains crucial for increasing our knowledge and
improving species management and conservation in the midst of the current biodiversity …

Anthropogenically-driven climate warming is a hypothesized driver of animal body size
reductions. Less understood are effects of other human-caused disturbances on body size …

Mist nets set at ground level is the traditional method of surveying bats and in the Amazon,
almost half of the bat surveys used this methodology. The sole use of ground-level mist nets …

Connectivity and quality of vegetation in cities, including urban forests, can promote urban
biodiversity. However the impact of anthropogenic pressures at the forest-matrix edge …

Bats as flying mammals are potent vectors and natural reservoir hosts for many infectious
viruses, bacteria, and fungi, also detected in their excreta such as guano. Accelerated …

Urbanization is a major contributor to the loss of biodiversity. Its rapid progress is mostly at
the expense of natural ecosystems and the species inhabiting them. While some species …

Bat populations are thought to have suffered significant declines in the past century
throughout Europe. Fortunately, there are some signs of recovery; for instance, of the 11 …