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 …

The majority of the world population is now inhabiting urban areas, and with staggering
population growth, urbanization is also increasing. While the work studying the effects of …

The habitats of most species have been fragmented by human actions, isolating small
populations that consequently develop genetic problems. Millions of small, isolated …

Despite increasing interest in urban ecology the factors limiting the colonisation of towns
and cities by species from rural areas are poorly understood. This is largely due to the lack …

Urbanization is a global phenomenon with profound effects on the ecology and evolution of
organisms. We examined the relative roles of natural selection, genetic drift and gene flow in …

Species occur in urban landscapes under a wide range of conditions and densities, but
knowing only the pattern of occurrence provides limited information about species-specific …

Synthesizes Decades of Research on Vernal Pools Science Pulling together information
from a broad array of sources, Science and Conservation of Vernal Pools in Northeastern …

The aim of this study was to determine the influence of human pressure and spatial structure
of landscape on the occurrence of populations of small mammals in the environment of a …

Currently, biodiversity is threatened by several factors often associated with human
population growth and the extension of areas occupied by human activity. In particular …

We studied turtle populations inhabiting a canal and a lake (both man-made) within a
heavily disturbed, urban setting. Six aquatic and semi-aquatic turtle species were collected …