Although research performed in cities will not uncover new evolutionary mechanisms, it
could provide unprecedented opportunities to examine the interplay of evolutionary forces in …

The Anthropocene has witnessed catastrophic amphibian declines across the globe. A
multitude of new, primarily human‐induced drivers of decline may lead to extinction, but can …

Urban expansion poses a serious threat to biodiversity. Given that the expected area of
urban land cover is predicted to increase by 2–3 million km2 by 2050, urban environments …

Background Understanding and predicting how organisms respond to human-caused
environmental changes has become a major concern in conservation biology. Here, we …

Understanding the mechanisms of how urbanization influences the evolution of native
species is vital for urban wildlife ecology and conservation in the Anthropocene. With …

Genome size varies greatly across the tree of life and transposable elements are an
important contributor to this variation. Among vertebrates, amphibians display the greatest …

Urbanization leads to complex environmental changes and poses multiple challenges to
organisms. Amphibians are highly susceptible to the effects of urbanization, with land use …

Urban sprawl is one of the most common landscape alterations occurring worldwide, and
there is a growing list of species that are recognised to have adapted to urban life. To be …

Worldwide, there is growing appreciation of the importance of integrating genetic information
into conservation management. However, there are commonly occurring problems which …

Amphibians, which first adapted to terrestrial life in vertebrates, appeared around 350 million
years ago (Mya) after the common ancestors of tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles, birds, and …