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Urban Landscapes
Urban landscapes comprise cities or urban centers along with their suburban and more rural, exurban surroundings. While obviously rather different...
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The urban heat island accelerates litter decomposition through microclimatic warming in temperate urban forests
Forests worldwide are experiencing fragmentation, with especially important consequences for ecosystems bordering urbanized areas. Urban forests are...
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Comparison of avian diversity, breeding communities, and nesting habitats between urban and peri-urban ecosystems of Fez (Central Morocco)
Avian diversity is very poor in urban zones due to the loss of natural ecosystems, breeding sites, nesting substrates, and foraging resources....
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Effects of urban, peri-urban and rural land covers on plant functional traits around Bogotá, Colombia
The Global South has suffered an accelerated population and urban growth. This has created multiple impacts at the regional level such as erosion,...
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Urban trawling bats depend on green and blue space in a subtropical city: implications for urban planning and climate change resilience
Efforts to create sustainable cities and urban climate-resilience depend on understanding how wildlife use the urban matrix to guide urban planning...
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Landscape configuration as a proxy for the occurrence and conservation of forest birds in peri-urban and urban environments
Birds’ responses to landscape configuration in urban and peri-urban areas are still poorly known. How landscape configuration (structure and...
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Differences between urban and natural populations of dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion damaranum): a case of urban warfare?
Urbanisation creates novel environments, not only through (abiotic) microhabitat alterations, but also due to changes in (biotic) inter- and...
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Species richness and ecological connectivity of the mammal communities in urban and peri-urban areas at Mexico City
Urban expansion has emerged as a pervasive driver of biodiversity loss in Mexican cities due to shifts in landscape composition and configuration....
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Different impacts of urbanization on ecosystem services supply and demand across old, new and non-urban areas in the ChangZhuTan urban agglomeration, China
ContextRapid urbanization has brought substantial changes in structure and function of ecosystems, significantly impacting ecosystem services (ESs)...
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Plants and urban natural sciences
Urban natural science consists of many fields. We consider urban plant science (urban botany) to be one of the main branches of urban natural...
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Metabolic adjustment in urban birds: glycometabolic enzyme activities in urban and rural tree sparrows (Passer montanus)
Urbanization is rapidly changing habitats of wild birds around the world. Food availability is one of the important factors leading to phenotypic...
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Impacts of future urban expansion on natural habitats will intensify in China: scenario analysis with the improved LUSD-urban model
ContextEvaluating the impacts of future urban expansion on natural habitats in China is important for achieving sustainable development goals....
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Urban oasis? Abundant dice snake (Natrix tessellata) populations along artificial lakeside habitats in urban landscapes
ContextHuman-induced landscape modification, such as urbanization, creates new environments that can have adverse effects on flora and fauna, posing...
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Inequalities in noise will affect urban wildlife
Understanding how systemic biases influence local ecological communities is essential for develo** just and equitable environmental practices that...
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Functional Urban Wetlands in Dysfunctional Cities
Purpose of ReviewThis paper reviews the theoretical background of urban wetlands through existing scientific literature studies, emphasizing...
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Urban Ecosystems
With the increasing proportion of the world’s population living in cities, urban ecosystems are of great importance as living spaces for humans. The...
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High amphibian diversity throughout urban environmental heterogeneity
Urban growth negatively impacts biodiversity through species loss and biotic homogenization. However, cities continue to grow and there are species...
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Urban biotope classification incorporates urban forest and green infrastructure for improved environmental land-use planning in Mexico City
Urban forests are recognized worldwide as the most critical component of green infrastructure due to their capacity to provide various environmental...
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The Role of Predators in Sha** Urban Bird Populations: 1. Who Succeeds in Urban Landscapes?
AbstractTo date, urbanization has resulted in the establishment of peculiar, often extremely dense urban populations in some wild bird and mammal...
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Defining Urban India: Finding Order in Chaos
Purpose of ReviewThe growth of cities and towns in India in the past few decades has spurred a rich body of urban research across disciplines. The...
