How to build a biodiverse city: environmental determinants of bird diversity within and among 1581 cities

Generalists are the most urban-tolerant of birds: a phylogenetically controlled analysis of ecological and life history traits using a novel continuous measure of bird responses to urbanization

(2019) Corey T. Callaghan et al.   OIKOS

Heterogeneous urban green areas are bird diversity hotspots: insights using continental-scale citizen science data

(2019) Corey T. Callaghan et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Correcting common misconceptions to inspire conservation action in urban environments

(2018) Kylie Soanes et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

The phylogenetic and functional diversity of regional breeding bird assemblages is reduced and constricted through urbanization

(2018) Frank A. La Sorte et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Plant population success across urban ecosystems: A framework to inform biodiversity conservation in cities

(2018) Ingo Kowarik et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Avian monitoring – comparing structured and unstructured citizen science

(2018) Corey T. Callaghan et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Integration of satellite remote sensing data in ecosystem modelling at local scales: Practices and trends

(2018) Damiano Pasetto et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

“Accidental” urban wetlands: ecosystem functions in unexpected places

(2017) Monica M Palta et al.   FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Non-linearities in bird responses across urbanization gradients: A meta-analysis

(2017) Péter Batáry et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

VIIRS night-time lights

(2017) Christopher D Elvidge et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING

Google Earth Engine: Planetary-scale geospatial analysis for everyone

(2017) Noel Gorelick et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Assessing the drivers shaping global patterns of urban vegetation landscape structure

(2017) C. Dobbs et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Assessing the reliability of avian biodiversity measures of urban greenspaces using eBird citizen science data

(2017) Corey T. Callaghan et al.   Avian Conservation and Ecology

Increasing species richness but decreasing phylogenetic richness and divergence over a 320-year period of urbanization

(2016) Sonja Knapp et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Smoothing Parameter and Model Selection for General Smooth Models

(2016) Simon N. Wood et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN STATISTICAL ASSOCIATION

Trends in bird species richness, abundance and biomass along a tropical urbanization gradient

(2016) Dan Chamberlain et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Adaptation and Adaptedness of Organisms to Urban Environments

(2015) Mark J. McDonnell et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Abundance models improve spatial and temporal prioritization of conservation resources

(2015) Alison Johnston et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Biodiversity in cities needs space: a meta-analysis of factors determining intra-urban biodiversity variation

(2015) Joscha Beninde et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Cities are hotspots for threatened species

(2015) Christopher D. Ives et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Forty-three years of Ramsar and urban wetlands

(2015) Missaka Hettiarachchi et al.   GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS

Efficacy of eBird data as an aid in conservation planning and monitoring

(2015) Corey T. Callaghan et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Where is the UK's pollinator biodiversity? The importance of urban areas for flower-visiting insects

(2015) K. C. R. Baldock et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Night-time light derived estimation of spatio-temporal characteristics of urbanization dynamics using DMSP/OLS satellite data

(2015) Ting Ma et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Impacts of urban sprawl on species richness of plants, butterflies, gastropods and birds: not only built-up area matters

(2015) Elena D. Concepción et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

The role of urban and agricultural areas during avian migration: an assessment of within-year temporal turnover

(2014) Frank A. La Sorte et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Central European cities maintain substantial dragonfly species richness - a chance for biodiversity conservation?

(2014) Diana Goertzen et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

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

Creating better cities: how biodiversity and ecosystem functioning enhance urban residents’ wellbeing

(2014) Lucy Taylor et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

The eBird enterprise: An integrated approach to development and application of citizen science

(2013) Brian L. Sullivan et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Effects of Urbanization on Tree Species Functional Diversity in Eastern North America

(2013) Charles A. Nock et al.   ECOSYSTEMS

Are cities different? Patterns of species richness and beta diversity of urban bird communities and regional species assemblages in Europe

(2013) Michal Ferenc et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Monitoring urbanization dynamics in India using DMSP/OLS night time lights and SPOT-VGT data

(2013) Bhartendu Pandey et al.   International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Global, 30-m resolution continuous fields of tree cover: Landsat-based rescaling of MODIS vegetation continuous fields with lidar-based estimates of error

(2013) Joseph O. Sexton et al.   International Journal of Digital Earth

Can Night-Time Light Data Identify Typologies of Urbanization? A Global Assessment of Successes and Failures

(2013) Qian Zhang et al.   Remote Sensing

Phylogenetic and functional characteristics of household yard floras and their changes along an urbanization gradient

(2012) Sonja Knapp et al.   ECOLOGY

Urbanization Drives a Reduction in Functional Diversity in a Guild of Nectar-feeding Birds

(2012) Anton Pauw et al.   ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY

Cities and biodiversity: Perspectives and governance challenges for implementing the convention on biological diversity (CBD) at the city level

(2011) J.A. Puppim de Oliveira et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Temporal changes in greenspace in a highly urbanized region

(2011) M. Dallimer et al.   Biology Letters

Phylogenetic beta diversity of native and alien species in European urban floras

(2011) Carlo Ricotta et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Matrix configuration and patch isolation influences override the species–area relationship for urban butterfly communities

(2011) Marie-Hélène Lizée et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Changing Bee and Hoverfly Pollinator Assemblages along an Urban-Rural Gradient

(2011) Adam J. Bates et al.   PLoS One

eBird: Engaging Birders in Science and Conservation

(2011) Chris Wood et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Bird diversity in a subtropical South-American City: effects of noise levels, arborisation and human population density

(2011) Carla Suertegaray Fontana et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Picante: R tools for integrating phylogenies and ecology

(2010) S. W. Kembel et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Does size really matter? Species-area relationships in human settlements

(2010) Ian MacGregor-Fors et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Landscape effects on birds in urban woodlands: an analysis of 34 Swedish cities

(2010) Marcus Hedblom et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Functional and spatial differentiation of urban bird assemblages at the landscape scale

(2010) L.E. Conole et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Managing Wetland Habitats for Waterbirds: An International Perspective

(2010) Zhijun Ma et al.   WETLANDS

Blackbirds sing higher-pitched songs in cities: adaptation to habitat acoustics or side-effect of urbanization?

(2009) Erwin Nemeth et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

eBird: A citizen-based bird observation network in the biological sciences

(2009) Brian L. Sullivan et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The scaling of green space coverage in European cities

(2009) R. A. Fuller et al.   Biology Letters

Citizen Science: A Developing Tool for Expanding Science Knowledge and Scientific Literacy

(2009) Rick Bonney et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Forest Fragment and Breeding Habitat Characteristics Explain Frog Diversity and Abundance in Singapore

(2009) David Bickford et al.   BIOTROPICA

Motivations for Conserving Urban Biodiversity

(2009) DONALD C. DEARBORN et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Human Impacts on Regional Avian Diversity and Abundance

(2008) CHRISTOPHER A. LEPCZYK et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Loss of functional diversity under land use intensification across multiple taxa

(2008) Dan F. B. Flynn et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Habitat influences on urban avian assemblages

(2008) KARL L. EVANS et al.   IBIS

Spatial species-richness gradients across scales: a meta-analysis

(2008) Richard Field et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Bird community responses along urban–rural gradients: Does the size of the urbanized area matter?

(2008) Pablo I. Garaffa et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

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

(2008) Michael L. McKinney   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Functional biotic homogenization of bird communities in disturbed landscapes

(2007) Vincent Devictor et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY