Food availability limits avian reproduction in the city: An experimental study on great tits Parus major

Does the abundance and timing of defoliating caterpillars influence the nest survival and productivity of the Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major?

(2019) Ken W. Smith et al.   BIRD STUDY

Caterpillar phenology predicts differences in timing of mountain chickadee breeding in urban and rural habitats

(2019) Adrianne C. Hajdasz et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Light pollution is a driver of insect declines

(2019) Avalon C.S. Owens et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Urbanisation lowers great tit Parus major breeding success at multiple spatial scales

(2019) Jacques de Satgé et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Impact of urbanization on abundance and phenology of caterpillars and consequences for breeding in an insectivorous bird

(2018) Gábor Seress et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Hatching delays in great tits and blue tits in response to an extreme cold spell: a long-term study

(2018) Michał Glądalski et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY

Complete brood failure in an altricial bird is almost always associated with the sudden and permanent disappearance of a parent

(2018) Peter Santema et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Supplemental food alters nest defence and incubation behaviour of an open-nesting wetland songbird

(2018) Jim O. Vafidis et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Where the people are: Current trends and future potential targeted investments in urban trees for PM 10 and temperature mitigation in 27 U.S. Cities

(2018) Timm Kroeger et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Effects of winter food provisioning on the phenotypes of breeding blue tits

(2018) Kate E. Plummer et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Depleted suburban house sparrow Passer domesticus population not limited by food availability

(2018) Will J. Peach et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Enhanced access to anthropogenic food waste is related to hyperglycemia in raccoons (Procyon lotor)

(2018) Albrecht I Schulte-Hostedde et al.   Conservation Physiology

Biodiversity in the city: key challenges for urban green space management

(2017) Myla FJ Aronson 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

Disentangling drivers of reproductive performance in urban great tits: a food supplementation experiment

(2017) Virginie Demeyrier et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Effects of capture and video-recording on the behavior and breeding success of Great Tits in urban and forest habitats

(2017) Gábor Seress et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Happy to breed in the city? Urban food resources limit reproductive output in Western Jackdaws

(2017) Eva Meyrier et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Integrated behavioural and stable isotope data reveal altered diet linked to low breeding success in urban-dwelling blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus)

(2017) Christopher J. Pollock et al.   Scientific Reports

Urban Compost Attracts Coyotes, Contains Toxins, and may Promote Disease in Urban-Adapted Wildlife

(2016) Maureen H. Murray et al.   EcoHealth

Responses of arthropod populations to warming depend on latitude: evidence from urban heat islands

(2016) Elsa Youngsteadt et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Tree Mortality Undercuts Ability of Tree-Planting Programs to Provide Benefits: Results of a Three-City Study

(2016) Sarah Widney et al.   Forests

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

Cities are hotspots for threatened species

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

Phenotypic plasticity in hormonal and behavioural responses to changes in resource conditions in a migratory songbird

(2014) Sara A. Kaiser et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Supplementary feeding of mealworms enhances reproductive success in garden nesting House SparrowsPasser domesticus

(2014) Will J. Peach et al.   BIRD STUDY

Invertebrates in urban areas: A review

(2014) Elizabeth L. JONES et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

Reproductive responses of birds to experimental food supplementation: a meta-analysis

(2014) Lise Ruffino et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

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

Body Condition Parameters of Nestling Great TitsParus majorin Relation to Experimental Food Supplementation

(2012) Jerzy Bańbura et al.   ACTA ORNITHOLOGICA

Nestling Food of European Hole-Nesting Passerines: Do We Know Enough to Test the Adaptive Hypotheses on Breeding Seasons?

(2012) Marta Cholewa et al.   ACTA ORNITHOLOGICA

Big city life: carnivores in urban environments

(2012) P. W. Bateman et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

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

Growth and nutritional state of American Crow nestlings vary between urban and rural habitats

(2009) Rebecca S. Heiss et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems

(2009) Alain F. Zuur et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Time for some a priori thinking about post hoc testing

(2008) Graeme D. Ruxton et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

The implications of current and future urbanization for global protected areas and biodiversity conservation

(2008) Robert I. Mcdonald et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

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

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

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

A conceptual framework for predicting the effects of urban environments on floras

(2008) Nicholas S.G. Williams et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Parental provisioning and offspring fitness: size matters

(2007) P.L. Schwagmeyer et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR