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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Urban greenspaces are a haven for wildlife in densely populated cities. Wildlife use greenspaces for resource acquisition, shelter, and travel across urbanized landscapes. Greenspace metrics such as herbaceous or woody landcover, size, patchiness, and human land use influence species richness.
Adrianna J. Elihu, Janel L. Ortiz
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Concrete Habitat Severely Decreases the Reproductive Output of Two Urban Birds
Conservation LettersThe conversion of natural habitats to impervious surfaces in cities affects biotic and abiotic attributes of urban ecosystems. However, detailed information on the gradual influence of impervious surfaces on reproductive output is lacking.
Michela Corsini, Marta Szulkin
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Impact of snow cover on impervious surface detection
International Journal of Remote Sensing, 2018 Traditionally, snow cover has been seen as an obstacle to land-cover classification and impervious surface detection based on remote sensing. However, snow cover increases the spectral contrast between impermeable surfaces and other land-use types. This study evaluated the impact of snow cover on the accuracy of impervious surface detection based on ...
Andrzej Z. Kotarba, Artur Nowakowski
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Applied Sciences, 2019 The area of urban impervious surfaces is one of the most important indicators for determining the level of urbanisation and the quality of the environment and is rapidly increasing with the acceleration of urbanisation in developing countries. This paper
Hong Fang, Yuchun Wei, Qiuping Dai
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Global meta‐analysis reveals urban‐associated behavioural differences among wild populations
Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.Urbanization drives rapid phenotypic change, yet broad patterns of behavioural responses remain unclear. Using a global phylogenetic meta‐analysis, we show urban populations exhibit increased boldness, aggression, exploration and activity—especially in birds—highlighting consistent behavioural shifts and revealing major taxonomic gaps that limit our ...
Tracy T. Burkhard +2 more
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Remote Sensing, 2017 Impervious surfaces have been widely recognized as an indicator for urbanization and environment monitoring. Plenty of methods have been proposed to extract impervious surfaces using remote sensing images.
Shuai Liu, Guanghua Gu
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Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.Most studies of selection on breeding timing consider only first clutches. Using a 13‐year dataset of urban and forest great tits, we show that including second broods reshapes estimates of natural selection, revealing that early breeding is favoured through increased probability of multiple brooding and higher annual reproductive output.
Jérémy Defrance +5 more
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Applied SciencesImpervious areas are one of the important indicators for evaluating the urbanization process, while surface temperature is one of the reference factors for evaluating the urban environment.
Yandong Gao +8 more
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Analysis of changes in the spatiotemporal characteristics of impervious surfaces and their influencing factors in the Central Plains Urban Agglomeration of China from 2000 to 2018. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2023 Zhao C, Zhang H, Wang H, Zhao J.
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Habitat Features, Coyotes, and Humans Drive Diel Activity Variation Among Sympatric Mammals
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.We found that multiple mammal species show considerable variation in diel activity in response to several factors, with biotic variables (habitat features and the presence of coyotes Canis latrans) having the strongest overall effects. Our results have important implications for trophic dynamics. Future studies will need to account for these underlying
Nathan J. Proudman, Maximilian L. Allen
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