Butterfly biodiversity in the city is driven by the interaction of the urban landscape and species traits: a call for contextualised management

Urbanisation drivers and underlying mechanisms of terrestrial insect diversity loss in cities

(2021) María Silvina Fenoglio et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

The worldwide impact of urbanisation on avian functional diversity

(2020) Daniel Sol et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Negative effects of urbanization on terrestrial arthropod communities: A meta‐analysis

(2020) María Silvina Fenoglio et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Local and landscape‐scale environmental filters drive the functional diversity and taxonomic composition of spiders across urban greenspaces

(2020) Yvan A. Delgado de la flor et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Urbanization‐driven homogenization is more pronounced and happens at wider spatial scales in nocturnal and mobile flying insects

(2019) Thomas Merckx et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

How urbanization is driving pollinator diversity and pollination – A systematic review

(2019) Arne Wenzel et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Urbanization drives cross‐taxon declines in abundance and diversity at multiple spatial scales

(2019) Elena Piano et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Vegetation encroachment drives changes in the composition of butterfly assemblages and species loss in Mediterranean ecosystems

(2019) Andreu Ubach et al.   Insect Conservation and Diversity

The role of the urban landscape on species with contrasting dispersal ability: Insights from greening plans for Barcelona

(2019) Yolanda Melero et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Optimising trait and source selection for explaining occurrence and abundance changes: A case study using British butterflies

(2018) Joe Middleton-Welling et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Ecological traps for large-scale invasive species control: Predicting settling rules by recolonising American mink post-culling

(2018) Yolanda Melero et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Existing ecological theory applies to urban environments

(2018) Kirsten M. Parris   Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Body-size shifts in aquatic and terrestrial urban communities

(2018) Thomas Merckx et al.   NATURE

Unique Bee Communities within Vacant Lots and Urban Farms Result from Variation in Surrounding Urbanization Intensity

(2018) Frances Sivakoff et al.   Sustainability

A plaza too far: High contrast in butterfly biodiversity patterns between plazas and an urban reserve in Brazil

(2018) Isabela Freitas Oliveira et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

How urbanization affects multiple dimensions of biodiversity in tropical butterfly assemblages

(2018) Cristiano Agra Iserhard et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

One strategy does not fit all: determinants of urban adaptation in mammals

(2018) Luca Santini et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Butterfly diversity along the urbanization gradient in a densely-built Mediterranean city: Land cover is more decisive than resources in structuring communities

(2018) Olga Tzortzakaki et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Urbanization drives community shifts towards thermophilic and dispersive species at local and landscape scales

(2017) Elena Piano et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Habitat connectivity and local conditions shape taxonomic and functional diversity of arthropods on green roofs

(2017) Sonja Braaker et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Patch and landscape-scale variables influence the taxonomic and functional composition of beetles in urban greenspaces

(2017) Yvan A. Delgado de la Flor et al.   Ecosphere

Habitat- and matrix-related differences in species diversity and trait richness of vascular plants, Orthoptera and Lepidoptera in an urban landscape

(2017) Ramona Laila Melliger et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

General declines in Mediterranean butterflies over the last two decades are modulated by species traits

(2016) Yolanda Melero et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Handbook of protocols for standardized measurement of terrestrial invertebrate functional traits

(2016) Marco Moretti et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Urban ponds as an aquatic biodiversity resource in modified landscapes

(2016) Matthew J. Hill et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Functional homogenization of flower visitor communities with urbanization

(2016) Nicolas Deguines et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Butterflies in the city: a review of urban diurnal Lepidoptera

(2016) Lorena Ramírez-Restrepo et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Ecological specialization matters: long-term trends in butterfly species richness and assemblage composition depend on multiple functional traits

(2015) Anne Eskildsen et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

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

(2015) Joscha Beninde et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Butterfly assemblages in residential gardens are driven by species’ habitat preference and mobility

(2015) Théophile Olivier et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Discrete choice modelling of natal dispersal: ‘Choosing’ where to breed from a finite set of available areas

(2015) Michalis Vardakis et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Nested patterns in urban butterfly species assemblages: respective roles of plot management, park layout and landscape features

(2015) Marie-Hélène Lizee et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Local more than landscape parameters structure natural enemy communities during their overwintering in semi-natural habitats

(2014) Jean-Pierre Sarthou et al.   AGRICULTURE ECOSYSTEMS & ENVIRONMENT

Behavioral responses to changing environments

(2014) B. B. M. Wong et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Habitat connectivity shapes urban arthropod communities: the key role of green roofs

(2013) S. Braaker et al.   ECOLOGY

Determinants of extinction-colonization dynamics in Mediterranean butterflies: the role of landscape, climate and local habitat features

(2013) Albert Fernández-Chacón et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Habitat associations of species show consistent but weak responses to climate

(2012) A. J. Suggitt et al.   Biology Letters

A unified framework for diversity gradients: the adaptive trait continuum

(2012) Jofre Carnicer et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

How, and how much, natural cover loss increases species richness

(2011) Rachelle E. Desrochers 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

Determinants of species richness in generalist and specialist Mediterranean butterflies: the negative synergistic forces of climate and habitat change

(2010) Constanti Stefanescu et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Monitoring urban environments on the basis of biological traits

(2010) Marie-Hélène Lizée et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Habitat fragmentation causes immediate and time-delayed biodiversity loss at different trophic levels

(2010) Jochen Krauss et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Integrating species traits with extrinsic threats: closing the gap between predicting and preventing species declines

(2010) K. A. Murray et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

(2008) SOLÈNE CROCI et al.   CONDOR

Responses of wasp communities to urbanization: effects on community resilience and species diversity

(2008) Fiona J. Christie et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION