Changes in home range sizes and population densities of carnivore species along the natural to urban habitat gradient

M Šálek, L Drahníková, E Tkadlec - Mammal Review, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
With rapid development and the spread of urbanized land, there is an increasing need to
understand species' responses to urban conditions. Carnivores are considered to be …

Can roads, railways and related structures have positive effects on birds?–A review

F Morelli, M Beim, L Jerzak, D Jones… - … Research Part D …, 2014 - Elsevier
The urbanization process affects faunal distributions and movement patterns, contributing
directly to biotic homogenization and representing an important threat to biodiversity. In …

Urbanisation tolerance and the loss of avian diversity

D Sol, C González‐Lagos, D Moreira… - Ecology …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Urbanisation is considered an important driver of current biodiversity loss, but the underlying
causes are not fully understood. It is generally assumed that this loss reflects the fact that …

Evidence of evolutionary homogenization of bird communities in urban environments across Europe

F Morelli, Y Benedetti, JD Ibáñez‐Álamo… - Global Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The process of urbanization can lead to specialist species being replaced by generalist
species in space and time, increasing similarity among bird communities. This phenomenon …

The geography of fear: a latitudinal gradient in anti-predator escape distances of birds across Europe

M Díaz, AP Møller, E Flensted-Jensen, T Grim… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
All animals flee from potential predators, and the distance at which this happens is optimized
so the benefits from staying are balanced against the costs of flight. Because predator …

A landscape ecology approach identifies important drivers of urban biodiversity

T Turrini, E Knop - Global change biology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Cities are growing rapidly worldwide, yet a mechanistic understanding of the impact of
urbanization on biodiversity is lacking. We assessed the impact of urbanization on arthropod …

Responses of avian assemblages to spatiotemporal landscape dynamics in urban ecosystems

M Fraissinet, L Ancillotto, A Migliozzi, S Capasso… - Landscape …, 2023 - Springer
Context Urbanization and its associated impacts on biodiversity are increasing globally.
There is a need to enhance our understanding of species responses to inform strategies for …

The phylogenetic and functional diversity of regional breeding bird assemblages is reduced and constricted through urbanization

FA La Sorte, CA Lepczyk, MFJ Aronson… - Diversity and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Urbanization broadly affects the phylogenetic and functional diversity of natural
communities through a variety of processes including habitat loss and the introduction of …

Bird diversity in urban green space: A large-scale analysis of differences between parks and cemeteries in Central Europe

P Tryjanowski, F Morelli, P Mikula, A Krištín… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2017 - Elsevier
Urbanization is a permanent and still continuing expansion of human settlements and is
responsible for dramatic changes of natural areas to urban areas. In traditional view …

Urban and rural habitats differ in number and type of bird feeders and in bird species consuming supplementary food

P Tryjanowski, P Skórka, TH Sparks, W Biaduń… - … Science and Pollution …, 2015 - Springer
Bird feeding is one of the most widespread direct interactions between man and nature, and
this has important social and environmental consequences. However, this activity can differ …