BACKGROUND The extent of urban areas is increasing around the world, and most humans
now live in cities. Urbanization results in dramatic environmental change, including …

Roads exert various effects of conservation concern. They cause road mortality of wildlife,
change the behaviour of animals and lead to habitat fragmentation. Roads also have …

Evidence is growing that human modification of landscapes has dramatically altered
evolutionary processes. In urban population genetic studies, urbanization is typically …

Understanding how spatial genetic patterns respond to landscape change is crucial for
advancing the emerging field of landscape genetics. We quantified the number of …

Abstract 'Carabidologists do it all'(Niemelä 1996a) is a phrase with which most European
carabidologists are familiar. Indeed, during the last half a century, professional and amateur …

Roads can act as barriers to animal movement through mortality during crossing attempts or
behavioral avoidance. This barrier effect has negative demographic and genetic …

In spite of their relatively small size as a group of insects, dung beetles have attracted an
inordinate amount of scientific interest over the years, starting with the work of the French …

Background Urbanization is a major cause of habitat fragmentation worldwide. Ecological
and conservation theory predicts many potential impacts of habitat fragmentation on natural …

Urbanization is quickly changing natural and agricultural landscapes, with consequences for
the herbivorous arthropods dwelling in or near cities. Here, we review the evidence for the …

The delimitation of population units is of primary importance in population management and
conservation biology. Moreover, when coupled with landscape data, the description of …