A review of urban impacts on avian life-history evolution: Does city living lead to slower pace of life?

Plumage micro-organisms and preen gland size in an urbanizing context

(2017) Mathieu Giraudeau et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Transcriptome analysis of a wild bird reveals physiological responses to the urban environment

(2017) Hannah Watson et al.   Scientific Reports

Problem-solving performance and reproductive success of great tits in urban and forest habitats

(2016) Bálint Preiszner et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Multidimensional environmental predictors of variation in avian forest and city life histories

(2016) Philipp Sprau et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Wildlife health and supplemental feeding: A review and management recommendations

(2016) Maureen H. Murray et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Urban environment shortens telomere length in nestling great tits,Parus major

(2016) P. Salmón et al.   Biology Letters

Reproduction and survival in the city: which fitness components drive urban colonization in a reed-nesting waterbird?

(2016) Piotr Minias   Current Zoology

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

(2016) John M. Marzluff   IBIS

Integrating the pace-of-life syndrome across species, sexes and individuals: covariation of life history and personality under pesticide exposure

(2016) Sara Debecker et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Personality and urbanization: behavioural traits and DRD4 SNP830 polymorphisms in great tits in Barcelona city

(2016) Sepand Riyahi et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

Urban driven phenotypic changes: empirical observations and theoretical implications for eco-evolutionary feedback

(2016) Marina Alberti et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Effects of breeding habitat (woodland versus urban) and metal pollution on the egg characteristics of great tits (Parus major)

(2016) Rita Hargitai et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Corticosterone levels in relation to trace element contamination along an urbanization gradient in the common blackbird ( Turdus merula )

(2016) Alizée Meillère et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds

(2016) Marie Vaugoyeau et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Reproduction and survival in the city: which fitness components drive urban colonization in a reed-nesting waterbird?

(2016) Piotr Minias   Current Zoology

Long-Term Variation in Laying Date and Clutch Size of the Great TitParus majorin Central Poland: A Comparison between Urban Parkland and Deciduous Forest

(2015) Jarosław Wawrzyniak et al.   Ardeola-International Journal of Ornithology

The town bird and the country bird: problem solving and immunocompetence vary with urbanization

(2015) Jean-Nicolas Audet et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Effects of carotenoid supplementation and oxidative challenges on physiological parameters and carotenoid-based coloration in an urbanization context

(2015) Mathieu Giraudeau et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Patterns and drivers of intraspecific variation in avian life history along elevational gradients: a meta-analysis

(2015) W. Alice Boyle et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Pace of life, predators and parasites: predator-induced life-history evolution in Trinidadian guppies predicts decrease in parasite tolerance

(2015) J. F. Stephenson et al.   Biology Letters

Breeding performance of Crested GoshawkAccipiter trivirgatusin urban and rural environments of Taiwan

(2015) Wen-Loung Lin et al.   BIRD STUDY

Characterizing avian survival along a rural-to-urban land use gradient

(2015) Brian S. Evans et al.   ECOLOGY

Advanced seasonal reproductive development in a male urban bird is reflected in earlier plasma luteinizing hormone rise but not energetic status

(2015) Scott Davies et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Across time and space: Effects of urbanization on corticosterone and body condition vary over multiple years in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

(2015) Sarah L. Foltz et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Differential influence of urbanisation on Coccidian infection in two passerine birds

(2015) Carlos A. Delgado-V et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Suburban immigrants to wildlands disrupt honest signaling in ultra-violet plumage

(2015) Angela Tringali et al.   Avian Conservation and Ecology

Links between fear of humans, stress and survival support a non-random distribution of birds among urban and rural habitats

(2015) Natalia Rebolo-Ifrán et al.   Scientific Reports

Oxidative stress and life histories: unresolved issues and current needs

(2015) John R. Speakman et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Influence of Urbanization on Body Size, Condition, and Physiology in an Urban Exploiter: A Multi-Component Approach

(2015) Alizée Meillère et al.   PLoS One

Urban and colorful male house finches are less aggressive

(2014) M. Hasegawa et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

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

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

Elevational trends in life histories: revising the pace-of-life framework

(2014) Sabine M. Hille et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Urban development reduces fledging success of Barn Owls in British Columbia, Canada

(2014) Sofi Hindmarch et al.   CONDOR

Annual and seasonal survival of adult female Mottled Ducks in southern Florida, USA

(2014) Dana M. Varner et al.   CONDOR

Urbanisation tolerance and the loss of avian diversity

(2014) Daniel Sol et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Developmental impairment in eurasian dipper nestlings exposed to urban stream pollutants

(2014) Christy A. Morrissey et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY

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

Basal metabolism in tropical birds: latitude, altitude, and the ‘pace of life’

(2014) Gustavo A. Londoño et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Physiological Correlates of Urbanization in a Desert Songbird

(2014) M. Giraudeau et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Variation in adrenocortical stress physiology and condition metrics within a heterogeneous urban environment in the song sparrowMelospiza melodia

(2014) Melissa L. Grunst et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Physiological underpinnings associated with differences in pace of life and metabolic rate in north temperate and neotropical birds

(2014) Ana Gabriela Jimenez et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Uses and misuses of meta-analysis in plant ecology

(2014) Julia Koricheva et al.   JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Physiological pace of life: the link between constitutive immunity, developmental period, and metabolic rate in European birds

(2014) Péter László Pap et al.   OECOLOGIA

Parasites in the City: Degree of Urbanization Predicts Poxvirus and Coccidian Infections in House Finches (Haemorhous mexicanus)

(2014) Mathieu Giraudeau et al.   PLoS One

Urbanization Breaks Up Host-Parasite Interactions: A Case Study on Parasite Community Ecology of Rufous-Bellied Thrushes (Turdus rufiventris) along a Rural-Urban Gradient

(2014) Cláudia Calegaro-Marques et al.   PLoS One

Selection based on the size of the black tie of the great tit may be reversed in urban habitats

(2014) Juan Carlos Senar et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Songs of the city: noise-dependent spectral plasticity in the acoustic phenotype of urban birds

(2013) Hans Slabbekoorn   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Personality pace-of-life hypothesis: testing genetic associations among personality and life history

(2013) Petri T. Niemelä et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

The ecological impacts of nighttime light pollution: a mechanistic appraisal

(2013) Kevin J. Gaston et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Oxidative stress of House Sparrow as bioindicator of urban pollution

(2013) Amparo Herrera-Dueñas et al.   ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS

Urbanization and its effects on personality traits: a result of microevolution or phenotypic plasticity?

(2013) Ana Catarina Miranda et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Reproductive failure of a human-tolerant species, the American kestrel, is associated with stress and human disturbance

(2013) Erin H. Strasser et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Surviving in sprawling suburbs: Suburban environments represent high quality breeding habitat for a widespread shorebird

(2013) Adam P.A. Cardilini et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Candidate gene polymorphisms for behavioural adaptations during urbanization in blackbirds

(2013) J. C. Mueller et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A potential role for parasites in the maintenance of color polymorphism in urban birds

(2013) L. Jacquin et al.   OECOLOGIA

Urbanization, Trace Metal Pollution, and Malaria Prevalence in the House Sparrow

(2013) Coraline Bichet et al.   PLoS One

Sleepless in Town – Drivers of the Temporal Shift in Dawn Song in Urban European Blackbirds

(2013) Anja Nordt et al.   PLoS One

Artificial light at night advances avian reproductive physiology

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

Senescence in natural populations of animals: Widespread evidence and its implications for bio-gerontology

(2012) Daniel H. Nussey et al.   AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS

Boldness behavior and stress physiology in a novel urban environment suggest rapid correlated evolutionary adaptation

(2012) Jonathan W. Atwell et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Urbanization and the Predation Paradox: The Role of Trophic Dynamics in Structuring Vertebrate Communities

(2012) Jason D. Fischer et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Effects of urbanization on Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) population connectivity

(2012) Thomas M. Unfried et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Family dynamics through time: brood reduction followed by parental compensation with aggression and favouritism

(2012) Daizaburo Shizuka et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Living fast and dying of infection: host life history drives interspecific variation in infection and disease risk

(2012) Pieter T. J. Johnson et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Breeding performance of blue tits (Cyanistes cæruleus ultramarinus) in relation to lead pollution and nest failure rates in rural, intermediate, and urban sites in Algeria

(2012) Zahra Brahmia et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION

Limited genetic differentiation between acoustically divergent populations of urban and rural silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis)

(2012) Dominique A. Potvin et al.   EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY

Genetic diversity and population structure in contemporary house sparrow populations along an urbanization gradient

(2012) C Vangestel et al.   HEREDITY

Hormones in the city: Endocrine ecology of urban birds

(2012) Frances Bonier   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Declining egg viability explains higher hatching failure in a suburban population of the threatened Florida scrub-jay Aphelocoma coerulescens

(2012) Robert A. Aldredge et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Urbanization, nestling growth and reproductive success in a moderately declining house sparrow population

(2012) Gábor Seress et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Are urban habitats ecological traps for a native songbird? Season-long productivity, apparent survival, and site fidelity in urban and rural habitats

(2012) Christine M. Stracey et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

The effect of urbanization on helminth communities in the Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula L.) from the eastern part of the Czech Republic

(2012) J. Sitko et al.   JOURNAL OF HELMINTHOLOGY

Parasite–bird interactions in urban areas: Current evidence and emerging questions

(2012) Carlos A. Delgado-V. et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Mhc-linked survival and lifetime reproductive success in a wild population of great tits

(2012) Irem Sepil et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Performance, Personality, and Energetics: Correlation, Causation, and Mechanism

(2012) Vincent Careau et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

The Effect of Acute Stress and Long-Term Corticosteroid Administration on Plasma Metabolites in an Urban and Desert Songbird

(2012) Scott Davies et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Personality Traits and Behavioral Syndromes in Differently Urbanized Populations of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)

(2012) Veronika Bókony et al.   PLoS One

Immune Investment Is Explained by Sexual Selection and Pace-of-Life, but Not Longevity in Parrots (Psittaciformes)

(2012) Darryl B. Edwards   PLoS One

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

Postfledging Survivorship and Habitat Selection Across A Rural-To-Urban Landscape Gradient

(2011) Ian J. Ausprey et al.   AUK

Resolving the urban nest predator paradox: The role of alternative foods for nest predators

(2011) Christine M. Stracey   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Behavioral Syndromes Break Down in Urban Song Sparrow Populations

(2011) Jennifer Scales et al.   ETHOLOGY

Response to Predation Risk in Urban and Rural House Sparrows

(2011) Gábor Seress et al.   ETHOLOGY

Evolution and behavioural responses to human-induced rapid environmental change

(2011) Andrew Sih et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Integrating behaviour with life history: boldness of the field cricket, Gryllus integer, during ontogeny

(2011) Petri T. Niemelä et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Variation in baseline corticosterone levels of Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) populations along an urban gradient in Beijing, China

(2011) Shuping Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Nest predation reduces benefits to early clutch initiation in northern cardinals Cardinalis cardinalis

(2011) Daniel P. Shustack et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Multiple indices of body condition reveal no negative effect of urbanization in adult house sparrows

(2011) Veronika Bókony et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Effects of Captivity and Body Condition on Plasma Corticosterone, Locomotor Behavior, and Plasma Metabolites in Curve-Billed Thrashers

(2011) H. Bobby Fokidis et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Metabolic and Respiratory Costs of Increasing Song Amplitude in Zebra Finches

(2011) Sue Anne Zollinger et al.   PLoS One

Attenuated Nesting Season of the Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) in Urban Forests

(2010) Daniel P. Shustack et al.   AUK

Diversification of Life Histories in New World Birds

(2010) W. Douglas Robinson et al.   AUK

The emerging significance of bioacoustics in animal species conservation

(2010) Paola Laiolo   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

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

(2010) Bart Kempenaers et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Quantifying avian nest survival along an urbanization gradient using citizen- and scientist-generated data

(2010) Thomas B. Ryder et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Functional Linkages for the Pace of Life, Life-history, and Environment in Birds

(2010) J. B. Williams et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

The comparative breeding biology of magpies Pica pica in an urban and a rural habitat (Aves: Corvidae)

(2010) S. F. Eden   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Stress responses of the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) to different urban land uses

(2010) Carlos A. Chávez-Zichinelli et al.   LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING

Genotoxicity in herring gulls (Larus argentatus) in Sweden and Iceland

(2010) Halldora Skarphedinsdottir et al.   MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS

Does urbanization select for weak competitors in house sparrows?

(2010) Veronika Bókony et al.   OIKOS

Personality and the emergence of the pace-of-life syndrome concept at the population level

(2010) D. Reale et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Pathogen-induced rapid evolution in a vertebrate life-history trait

(2010) J. Ohlberger et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Variation in Plumage Coloration of Northern Cardinals in Urbanizing Landscapes

(2010) Todd M. Jones et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Species-specific Survival and Relative Habitat Use in an Urban Landscape during the Postfledging Period

(2009) Kara A. Whittaker et al.   AUK

Antipredator strategies of house finches: are urban habitats safe spots from predators even when humans are around?

(2009) Anna Valcarcel et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

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

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

Haemoglobin concentration and body condition of nestling Great Tits Parus major : a comparison of first and second broods in two contrasting seasons

(2009) ADAM KALIŃSKI et al.   IBIS

Successful city dwellers: a comparative study of the ecological characteristics of urban birds in the Western Palearctic

(2009) Anders Pape Møller   OECOLOGIA

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

(2009) Karl L. Evans et al.   OIKOS

Epigenetic responses to environmental change and their evolutionary implications

(2009) B. M. Turner   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

A Theoretical Investigation of the Effect of Latitude on Avian Life Histories

(2008) John M. McNamara et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Reproductive success of house sparrows along an urban gradient

(2008) W. J. Peach et al.   ANIMAL CONSERVATION

Winter feeding of birds increases productivity in the subsequent breeding season

(2008) G. N Robb et al.   Biology Letters

Reduced parasite infestation in urban Eurasian blackbirds (Turdus merula): a factor favoring urbanization?

(2008) Dirk Geue et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

URBAN LAND USE PREDICTS WEST NILE VIRUS EXPOSURE IN SONGBIRDS

(2008) Catherine A. Bradley et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

CONSUMER RESOURCE MATCHING IN URBANIZING LANDSCAPES: ARE SYNANTHROPIC SPECIES OVER-MATCHING

(2008) Amanda D. Rodewald et al.   ECOLOGY

Senescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast-slow life-history continuum

(2008) Owen R. Jones et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

EVOLUTION ON A LOCAL SCALE: DEVELOPMENTAL, FUNCTIONAL, AND GENETIC BASES OF DIVERGENCE IN BILL FORM AND ASSOCIATED CHANGES IN SONG STRUCTURE BETWEEN ADJACENT HABITATS

(2008) Alexander V. Badyaev et al.   EVOLUTION

Corticosterone and corticosteroid binding globulin in birds: Relation to urbanization in a desert city

(2008) H. Bobby Fokidis et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY

Survival of adult Great Tits Parus major in relation to sex and habitat; a comparison of urban and rural populations

(2008) PEETER HORAK et al.   IBIS

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

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

Constitutive immune defences correlate with life-history variables in tropical birds

(2008) K. A. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Lean birds in the city: body size and condition of house sparrows along the urbanization gradient

(2008) A. Liker et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Interspecific variation in avian blood parasites and haematology associated with urbanization in a desert habitat

(2008) H. Bobby Fokidis et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Effects of structural and functional habitat gaps on breeding woodland birds: working harder for less

(2008) Shelley A. Hinsley et al.   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

The effect of urbanisation on avian morphology and latitudinal gradients in body size

(2008) Karl L. Evans et al.   OIKOS

Egg Yolk Carotenoids in Relation to Habitat and Reproductive Investment in the Great Tit Parus major

(2008) Caroline Isaksson et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Supersize Me: Does Anthropogenic Food Change the Body Condition of Silver Gulls? A Comparison Between Urbanized and Remote, Non-urbanized Areas

(2008) Heidi J. Auman et al.   WATERBIRDS

Reproductive Success of House Wrens in Suburban and Rural Landscapes

(2008) Michael J. Newhouse et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Urban flight: understanding individual and population-level responses of Nearctic-Neotropical migratory birds to urbanization

(2007) Amanda D. Rodewald et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY