As urbanization and densification often lead to significant biodiversity loss, understanding and monitoring urban biodiversity patterns is crucial. Traditional monitoring methods are often costly, time-consuming, and require specialized expertise. Passive acoustic monitoring and soundscape ecology have emerged as promising, non-invasive techniques for ecosystem monitoring. This review aims to ...

Understanding the selection of breeding sites in cities is key for the effective management of urban bird populations. We analysed 16 years of data collected within a relocation program for female mallards in Berlin (Germany), with the goal of (i) characterizing the breeding output and breeding sites in urban environments, (ii) identifying factors correlating with probabilities of individuals to ...

Streams and rivers are ecosystems strongly impacted by changes associated with urbanization, which cause ecological degradation of their banks and the deterioration in water quality. Assessing the ecological state of riverbanks and proposing measures to mitigate their degradation are priorities. This study aimed to evaluate the quality of riparian forests in three urban river systems with ...

Cemeteries, traditionally reserved for mourning, are also valuable urban green spaces contributing to ecosystem services, wildlife habitats, and human well-being. This study focuses on London’s Magnificent Seven cemeteries, which vary in habitat and usage, from semi-wild nature reserves to active burial sites. In autumn 2023, we conducted non-participatory observations of human activities and ...

Habitat loss due to changes in land cover is one of the main causes of biodiversity decline worldwide. Habitat loss occurs disproportionately in areas of high biodiversity because these same areas are particularly suitable for development. We assessed the effect of development risk on the biodiversity of breeding birds in the United States. We compared the effect of two predictors of habitat loss ...

Urban environments often contain mosquito species that are responsible for transmitting medically important pathogens to humans. Large disturbance events, like hurricanes, can devastate large urban areas, especially in the tropics, however little data exist for how these storms affect vector populations. During September 2017 Hurricanes Irma (category 5) and Maria (category 4) passed in proximity ...