Urban foxes are bolder but not more innovative than their rural conspecifics

Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities

(2022) Charles J. Marsh et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Urbanization’s Effects on Problem Solving Abilities: A Meta-Analysis

(2022) Ernő Vincze et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Is bin-opening in cockatoos leading to an innovation arms race with humans?

(2022) Barbara C. Klump et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

City mice and country mice: innovative problem solving in rural and urban noncommensal rodents

(2021) Valeria Mazza et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Studying animal innovation at the individual level: A ratings-based assessment in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus [Cebus] sp.).

(2021) F. Blake Morton et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY

The effect of urbanization on innovation in spotted hyenas

(2021) Lily Johnson-Ulrich et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Socio-ecological correlates of neophobia in corvids

(2021) Rachael Miller et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Phenotypic variation in urban environments: mechanisms and implications

(2021) M.J. Thompson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Cross-Context Responses to Novelty in Rural and Urban Small Mammals

(2021) Valeria Mazza et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Not in My Backyard: Public Perceptions of Wildlife and ‘Pest Control’ in and around UK Homes, and Local Authority ‘Pest Control’

(2020) Sandra E. Baker et al.   Animals

Using an Innovation Arena to compare wild-caught and laboratory Goffin’s cockatoos

(2020) Theresa Rössler et al.   Scientific Reports

Public attitudes toward urban foxes and coyotes: the roles of perceived risks and benefits, political ideology, ecological worldview, and attention to local news about urban wildlife

(2020) Anne Nardi et al.   HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF WILDLIFE

Of city and village mice: behavioural adjustments of striped field mice to urban environments

(2020) Melanie Dammhahn et al.   Scientific Reports

Do wild raccoons (Procyon lotor) use tools?

(2020) F. Blake Morton   ANIMAL COGNITION

Are British urban foxes ( Vulpes vulpes ) “bold”? The importance of understanding human–wildlife interactions in urban areas

(2020) Roberto Padovani et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Novel predator-prey interactions of Rhinella major (Anura: Bufonidae) from an urban area in northern Brazil

(2020) Fillipe Pedroso-Santos et al.   PHYLLOMEDUSA

The intrepid urban coyote: a comparison of bold and exploratory behavior in coyotes from urban and rural environments

(2019) Stewart W. Breck et al.   Scientific Reports

Predator–Prey Interactions in the Anthropocene: Reconciling Multiple Aspects of Novelty

(2019) Peter W. Guiden et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Data reduction analyses of animal behaviour: avoiding Kaiser's criterion and adopting more robust automated methods

(2019) F. Blake Morton et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

HadUK‐Grid—A new UK dataset of gridded climate observations

(2019) Dan Hollis et al.   Geoscience Data Journal

From wetland specialist to hand-fed generalist: shifts in diet and condition with provisioning for a recently urbanized wading bird

(2018) Maureen H. Murray et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Seasonal and Sex-Specific Differences in Feeding Site Attendance by Red Foxes Vulpes vulpes

(2017) John K. Fawcett et al.   MAMMAL STUDY

Street smart: faster approach towards litter in urban areas by highly neophobic corvids and less fearful birds

(2016) Alison L. Greggor et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Innovativeness and the effects of urbanization on risk-taking behaviors in wild Barbados birds

(2016) Simon Ducatez et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Innovation and behavioral flexibility in wild redfronted lemurs (Eulemur rufifrons)

(2015) Franziska Huebner et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Categorizing wildlife responses to urbanization and conservation implications of terminology

(2015) Jason D. Fischer et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Greater consumption of protein-poor anthropogenic food by urban relative to rural coyotes increases diet breadth and potential for human-wildlife conflict

(2015) M. Murray et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Human–wildlife interactions in urban areas: a review of conflicts, benefits and opportunities

(2015) Carl D. Soulsbury et al.   WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Innovative problem solving in birds: a key role of motor diversity

(2014) Andrea S. Griffin et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Unifying Species Diversity, Phylogenetic Diversity, Functional Diversity, and Related Similarity and Differentiation Measures Through Hill Numbers

(2014) Anne Chao et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

A comparison of problem-solving success between urban and rural house sparrows

(2014) Sándor Papp et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Urbanisation tolerance and the loss of avian diversity

(2014) Daniel Sol et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Ecological generalism and behavioural innovation in birds: technical intelligence or the simple incorporation of new foods?

(2014) Simon Ducatez et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Changes in home range sizes and population densities of carnivore species along the natural to urban habitat gradient

(2014) Martin Šálek et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Tracking Changing Environments: Innovators Are Fast, but Not Flexible Learners

(2014) Andrea S. Griffin et al.   PLoS One

Rapid Urbanization of Red Foxes in Estonia: Distribution, Behaviour, Attacks on Domestic Animals, and Health-Risks Related to Zoonotic Diseases

(2014) Liivi Plumer et al.   PLoS One

Innovative problem solving in wild meerkats

(2012) Alex Thornton et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Evaluation of neophobia and its potential impact upon predator control techniques: A study on two sympatric foxes in southern Patagonia

(2012) Alejandro Travaini et al.   BEHAVIOURAL PROCESSES

Behavioral and spatial analysis of extraterritorial movements in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes)

(2011) Carl D. Soulsbury et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Personality and foraging decisions in fallow deer, Dama dama

(2010) Ulrika A. Bergvall et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The origin and spread of innovations in starlings

(2008) Neeltje J. Boogert et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Individual boldness affects interspecific interactions in sticklebacks

(2008) M. M. Webster et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Global Change and the Ecology of Cities

(2008) N. B. Grimm et al.   SCIENCE