Many wetlands harbour highly diverse biological communities and provide extensive
ecosystem services; however, these important ecological features are being altered …

As the global population increases, the expansion of road networks has led to the
destruction and disturbance of terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Road-related stressors have …

The loss of global biodiversity is one of the major challenges of our time and urbanisation is
seen as a main cause of this. The aim of this study was to determine whether artificial …

Human modification of natural landscapes is a key threatening process contributing to the
decline of global biodiversity. Amphibians are particularly vulnerable to this threat, with over …

Urbanisation is one of the most severe drivers of current global biodiversity loss and has
contributed to severe declines in many amphibian species. The aim of this study was to …

Urban sprawl and the rising popularity of water‐sensitive urban design of urban landscapes
has led to a global surge in the number of wetlands constructed to collect and treat …

Discharges of warm water from shallow stormwater management ponds during summer
months into receiving headwater streams pose a risk to aquatic ecosystems in urban …

Roads and traffic are tightly related to some of the mains threats for biodiversity. Road
network affects wildlife populations due to, among other effects, partial occupation and …

Urbanization often results in the creation of habitats such as stormwater management
ponds. Although stormwater ponds are designed to retain runoff and associated pollutants …

Stormwater ponds were originally constructed to control the quantity and quality of runoff on
urban roads and highways before it was released to the environment. Often, stormwater …