Urbanisation and nest building in birds: a review of threats and opportunities

Composition of bird nests is a species-specific characteristic

(2018) Lucia E. Biddle et al.   Avian Biology Research

Urban blackbirds have shorter telomeres

(2018) Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo et al.   Biology Letters

Factors determining the occurrence of anthropogenic materials in nests of the white stork Ciconia ciconia

(2018) Zuzanna A. Jagiello et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH

Urban core areas are important for species conservation: A European-level analysis of breeding bird species

(2018) Jukka Jokimäki et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

The Avian Gut Microbiota: Community, Physiology and Function in Wild Birds

(2018) Kirsten Grond et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Alien plant species do have a clear preference for different land uses within urban environments

(2018) Sandrine Godefroid et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Nest height is affected by lamppost lighting proximity in addition to nestbox size in urban great tits

(2018) Marie-Jeanne Holveck et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

An experimental demonstration that house finches add cigarette butts in response to ectoparasites

(2017) Monserrat Suárez-Rodríguez et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Evolution of life in urban environments

(2017) Marc T. J. Johnson et al.   SCIENCE

Edge effect of busy high traffic roads on the nest site selection of birds inside the city area: Guild response

(2017) Shobhit Rao et al.   TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART D-TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT

Avian preference for close proximity to human habitation and its ecological consequences

(2017) Anders Pape Møller et al.   Current Zoology

Nest design in a changing world: Great tit Parus major nests from a Mediterranean city environment as a case study

(2017) Marcel M. Lambrechts et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Experimental demonstration of an ecological trap for a wild bird in a human-transformed environment

(2016) Virginie Demeyrier et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Geographical effects on the mass and dimensions of finch (Fringillidae, Passeriformes) and thrush (Turdidae, Passeriformes) nests

(2016) Lucia E. Biddle et al.   Avian Biology Research

Feathering the nest: the effects of feather supplementation to Blue Tit nests

(2016) Mark C. Mainwaring et al.   Avian Biology Research

Does the urban gradient influence the composition and ectoparasite load of nests of an urban bird species?

(2016) S. James Reynolds et al.   Avian Biology Research

Effects of nest characteristics on reproductive performance in Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus and Great Tits Parus major

(2016) Michał Glądalski et al.   Avian Biology Research

Global loss of avian evolutionary uniqueness in urban areas

(2016) Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

A decadal review of urban ornithology and a prospectus for the future

(2016) John M. Marzluff   IBIS

Crowned eagle nest sites in an urban landscape: Requirements of a large eagle in the Durban Metropolitan Open Space System

(2016) Shane C. McPherson et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Microbiome evolution along divergent branches of the vertebrate tree of life: what is known and unknown

(2016) Timothy J. Colston et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Nest Material Shapes Eggs Bacterial Environment

(2016) Cristina Ruiz-Castellano et al.   PLoS One

House SparrowsPasser domesticusand Tree SparrowsPasser montanus: Fine-Scale Distribution, Population Densities, and Habitat Selection in a Central European city

(2015) Martin Šálek et al.   ACTA ORNITHOLOGICA

Nest-boxes for Common Swifts Apus apus as compensatory measures in the context of building renovation: efficacy and predictors of occupancy

(2015) TONIO SCHAUB et al.   BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Evaluating exotic plants as evolutionary traps for nesting Veeries

(2015) Lydia M. Meyer et al.   CONDOR

Common blackbirds Turdus merula use anthropogenic structures as nesting sites in an urbanized landscape

(2015) Yanping Wang et al.   Current Zoology

Urbanization, oxidative stress and inflammation: a question of evolving, acclimatizing or coping with urban environmental stress

(2015) Caroline Isaksson   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

The use of man-made structures as nesting sites by birds: A review of the costs and benefits

(2015) Mark C. Mainwaring   JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Supplementary feeding restructures urban bird communities

(2015) Josie A. Galbraith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Common blackbirds Turdus merula use anthropogenic structures as nesting sites in an urbanized landscape

(2015) Yanping Wang et al.   Current Zoology

Diet of the crowned eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus) in an urban landscape: potential for human-wildlife conflict?

(2015) Shane C. McPherson et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Urbanisation tolerance and the loss of avian diversity

(2014) Daniel Sol et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Distribution of tree-hollows and hollow preferences by parrots in an urban landscape

(2014) Adrian Davis et al.   EMU

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

There is no such a thing as a free cigarette; lining nests with discarded butts brings short-term benefits, but causes toxic damage

(2014) M. Suárez-Rodríguez et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Conservation related conflicts in nest-site selection of the Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) and the distribution of its avian prey

(2014) Petra Sumasgutner et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Phenological shifts assist colonisation of a novel environment in a range-expanding raptor

(2014) Rowan O. Martin et al.   OIKOS

Plastic and the Nest Entanglement of Urban and Agricultural Crows

(2014) Andrea K. Townsend et al.   PLoS One

A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers

(2014) M. F. J. Aronson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The design and function of birds' nests

(2014) Mark C. Mainwaring et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Adaptive latitudinal variation in Common BlackbirdTurdus merulanest characteristics

(2014) Mark C. Mainwaring et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Residential edges as ecological traps

(2013) Amy A. Shipley et al.   AUK

Consequences of urbanizing landscapes to reproductive performance of birds in remnant forests

(2013) Amanda D. Rodewald et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Substitutable habitats? The biophysical and anthropogenic drivers of an exotic bird’s distribution

(2013) Amélie Y. Davis et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Conflicting values: ecosystem services and invasive tree management

(2013) Ian A. Dickie et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Habitat preferences of the Syrian WoodpeckerDendrocopos syriacusin urban environments: an ambiguous effect of pollution

(2013) Michał Ciach et al.   BIRD STUDY

Where has all the road kill gone?

(2013) Charles R. Brown et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Does Human-Induced Habitat Modification Influence the Impact of Introduced Species? A Case Study on Cavity-Nesting by the Introduced Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) and Two Australian Native Parrots

(2013) Kate Grarock et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Nestboxes and immigration drive the growth of an urban Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinuspopulation

(2013) Res Altwegg et al.   IBIS

Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

(2013) Margaret McFall-Ngai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Artificial light at night advances avian reproductive physiology

(2013) D. Dominoni et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Long-Term Changes and Breeding Success in Relation to Nesting Structures used by the White Stork,Ciconia ciconia

(2012) Piotr Tryjanowski et al.   ANNALES ZOOLOGICI FENNICI

Local temperature and not latitude determines the design of Blue Tit and Great Tit nests

(2012) D. Charles Deeming et al.   Avian Biology Research

Incorporation of cigarette butts into nests reduces nest ectoparasite load in urban birds: new ingredients for an old recipe?

(2012) M. Suarez-Rodriguez et al.   Biology Letters

Latitudinal variation in blue tit and great tit nest characteristics indicates environmental adjustment

(2012) Mark C. Mainwaring et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Patterns of human-coyote conflicts in the Denver Metropolitan Area

(2012) Sharon A. Poessel et al.   JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

Global forecasts of urban expansion to 2030 and direct impacts on biodiversity and carbon pools

(2012) K. C. Seto et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Understanding and managing conservation conflicts

(2012) Steve M. Redpath et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Rubber Band Ingestion by a Rubbish Dump Dweller, the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

(2012) Pierre-Yves Henry et al.   WATERBIRDS

Reports from Nestbox Studies: A Review of Inadequacies

(2011) Tomasz Wesołowski   ACTA ORNITHOLOGICA

The Potential Conservation Value of Non-Native Species

(2011) MARTIN A. SCHLAEPFER et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Documenting effects of urbanization on flora using herbarium records

(2011) Rebecca W. Dolan et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Raptor Nest Decorations Are a Reliable Threat Against Conspecifics

(2011) F. Sergio et al.   SCIENCE

Effects of urban matrix on reproductive performance of Great Tit (Parus major) in urban woodlands

(2011) Marcus Hedblom et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

A new material for old solutions—the case of plastic string used in Great Grey Shrike nests

(2010) Marcin Antczak et al.   ACTA ETHOLOGICA

Nest composition adjustments by Chinese Bulbuls Pycnonotus sinensis in an urbanized landscape of Hangzhou (E China)

(2010) Yanping Wang et al.   ACTA ORNITHOLOGICA

Nest ornamentation in blue tits: is feather carrying ability a male status signal?

(2010) Juan José Sanz et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Interspecific variation in fear responses predicts urbanization in birds

(2010) A. P. Moller   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Artificial Night Lighting Affects Dawn Song, Extra-Pair Siring Success, and Lay Date in Songbirds

(2010) Bart Kempenaers et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Beyond scarcity: citizen science programmes as useful tools for conservation biogeography

(2010) Vincent Devictor et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

What makes an urban bird?

(2010) KARL L. EVANS et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Effects of invasive woody plants on avian nest site selection and nesting success in shrublands

(2009) S. Schlossberg et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

A national scale inventory of resource provision for biodiversity within domestic gardens

(2009) Zoe G. Davies et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Exotic shrubs as ephemeral ecological traps for nesting birds

(2009) Amanda D. Rodewald et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Number and colour composition of nest lining feathers predict eggshell bacterial community in barn swallow nests: an experimental study

(2009) Juan M. Peralta-Sanchez et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Establishment success of invasive ring-necked and monk parakeets in Europe

(2009) Diederik Strubbe et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Artificial nest predation along a Neotropical urban gradient

(2009) Víctor López-Flores et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Spatial nest-box selection of cavity-nesting bird species in response to proximity to recreational infrastructures

(2009) Carolina Remacha et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Effects of urbanisation on disease prevalence and age structure in blackbirdTurdus merulapopulations

(2009) Karl L. Evans et al.   OIKOS

Interrelationship of birds and habitat features in urban greenspaces in Delhi, India

(2009) N. Khera et al.   URBAN FORESTRY & URBAN GREENING

Black-billed Magpies (Pica pica) adjust nest characteristics to adapt to urbanization in Hangzhou, China

(2008) Yanping Wang et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

DOES URBANIZATION FILTER BIRDS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR BIOLOGICAL TRAITS?

(2008) SOLÈNE CROCI et al.   CONDOR

The working for water programme: Evolution of a payments for ecosystem services mechanism that addresses both poverty and ecosystem service delivery in South Africa

(2008) J.K. Turpie et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Food for thought: supplementary feeding as a driver of ecological change in avian populations

(2008) Gillian N Robb et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Habitat influences on urban avian assemblages

(2008) KARL L. EVANS et al.   IBIS

Avian productivity in urban landscapes: a review and meta-analysis

(2008) D. E. CHAMBERLAIN et al.   IBIS

Roof nesting by gulls for better or worse?

(2008) C. Soldatini et al.   ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Feeding birds in our towns and cities: a global research opportunity

(2008) Darryl N. Jones et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Planning Riparian Restoration in the Context of Tamarix Control in Western North America

(2008) Patrick B. Shafroth et al.   RESTORATION ECOLOGY

Global Change and the Ecology of Cities

(2008) N. B. Grimm et al.   SCIENCE

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

(2008) Michael L. McKinney   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS