Historical park planning is associated with modern-day patterns of bird diversity in cities

DJ Herrera, M Fidino, D Luther, JM Mullinax… - Landscape and Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
Land use planning directly governs the location, size, and shape of urban parks, which can
act as habitat refuges for wildlife. Thus, land use planning decisions made decades, or even …

[HTML][HTML] Using unstructured crowd-sourced data to evaluate urban tolerance of terrestrial native animal species within a California Mega-City

JN Curti, M Barton, RG Flores, M Lechner, A Lipman… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
In response to biodiversity loss and biotic community homogenization in urbanized
landscapes, there are increasing efforts to conserve and increase biodiversity within urban …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the potential effects of forest urbanization on the interplay between small mammal communities and their gut microbiota

M Bouilloud, M Galan, J Pradel, A Loiseau, J Ferrero… - Animal Microbiome, 2024 - Springer
Urbanization significantly impacts wild populations, favoring urban dweller species over
those that are unable to adapt to rapid changes. These differential adaptative abilities could …

Diet Selection by Bobcats (Lynx rufus) and Coyotes (Canis latrans) Relative to Prey Availability and Urbanization in Space and Time

K Weiss - 2024 - keep.lib.asu.edu
Understanding the drivers of diet selection by carnivores is key for wildlife conservation and
management, particularly in the Anthropocene. Yet, most assessments of predation do not …