Persistence and survival of the spider Nephila plumipes in cities: do increased prey resources drive the success of an urban exploiter?

Foraging mode of spiders affects risk of predation by birds

(2015) Bengt Gunnarsson et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Global effects of land use on local terrestrial biodiversity

(2015) Tim Newbold et al.   NATURE

Stable isotopes reveal links between human food inputs and urban ant diets

(2015) C. A. Penick et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Urban warming trumps natural enemy regulation of herbivorous pests

(2014) Adam G. Dale et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Hard times in the city – attractive nest sites but insufficient food supply lead to low reproduction rates in a bird of prey

(2014) Petra Sumasgutner et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Contributions of juvenile and adult diet to the lifetime reproductive success and lifespan of a spider

(2014) Anja Kleinteich et al.   OIKOS

Urbanisation at Multiple Scales Is Associated with Larger Size and Higher Fecundity of an Orb-Weaving Spider

(2014) Elizabeth C. Lowe et al.   PLoS One

Black Widows in an Urban Desert: City-Living Compromises Spider Fecundity and Egg Investment Despite Urban Prey Abundance

(2013) J. Chadwick Johnson et al.   AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST

Macro- and microenvironmental factors affecting tyre-breeding flies (Insecta: Diptera) in urbanised areas

(2013) ALEJANDRA RUBIO et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Urban Warming Drives Insect Pest Abundance on Street Trees

(2013) Emily K. Meineke et al.   PLoS One

Individual behavioural consistency and plasticity in an urban spider

(2012) Simona Kralj-Fišer et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Developmental response to low diets by giant Nephila clavipes females (Araneae: Nephilidae)

(2011) Linden Higgins et al.   JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY

Comparative responses of spider and carabid beetle assemblages along an urban-rural boundary gradient

(2011) Marion Varet et al.   JOURNAL OF ARACHNOLOGY

Variation in arthropod communities in response to urbanization: Seven years of arthropod monitoring in a desert city

(2011) Christofer Bang et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Black widow spiders in an urban desert: Population variation in an arthropod pest across metropolitan Phoenix, AZ

(2011) Patricia Trubl et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Invasion, Competition, and Biodiversity Loss in Urban Ecosystems

(2010) Eyal Shochat et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Ecology of Herbivorous Arthropods in Urban Landscapes

(2009) Michael J. Raupp et al.   Annual Review of Entomology

Body condition but not dietary restriction prolongs lifespan in a semelparous capital breeder

(2009) M. M. Kasumovic et al.   Biology Letters

Urbanization affects the trophic structure of arboreal arthropod communities

(2009) Fiona J. Christie et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Distribution of generalist and specialist predators along urban gradients

(2008) Alberto Sorace et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

The use of gradient analysis studies in advancing our understanding of the ecology of urbanizing landscapes: current status and future directions

(2008) Mark J. McDonnell et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Effects of urbanization on species richness: A review of plants and animals

(2008) Michael L. McKinney   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS