Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Original Research

Published on 14 Dec 2020

Foraging in Urban Environments Increases Bactericidal Capacity in Plasma and Decreases Corticosterone Concentrations in White Ibises

in Urban Ecology

Caroline R. Cummings
Nicola Y. Khan
Maureen M. Murray
Taylor Ellison
Catharine N. Welch
Sonia M. Hernandez
Kristen J. Navara

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2020.575980

3,904 views
10 citations

Original Research

Published on 23 Nov 2020

Street Tree Density and Distribution: An International Analysis of Five Capital Cities

in Urban Ecology

Nicholas Smart
Theodore S. Eisenman
Andrew Karvonen

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2020.562646

11,166 views
30 citations

Original Research

Published on 28 Oct 2020

Disrupting the Biodiversity–Ecosystem Function Relationship: Response of Shredders and Leaf Breakdown to Urbanization in Andean Streams

in Urban Ecology

Wilson Zúñiga-Sarango
Fernando P. Gaona
Valeria Reyes-Castillo
Carlos Iñiguez-Armijos

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2020.592404

5,423 views
12 citations

Original Research

Published on 26 Oct 2020

Does Use of Backyard Resources Explain the Abundance of Urban Wildlife?

in Urban Ecology

Christopher P. Hansen
Arielle W. Parsons
Roland Kays
Joshua J. Millspaugh

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2020.570771

9,639 views
56 citations

Mini Review

Published on 22 Oct 2020

Compromised Ecosystem Services From Urban Aerial Microbiomes: A Review of Impacts on Human Immune Function

in Urban Ecology

Emily J. Flies
Penelope Jones
Jessie C. Buettel
Barry W. Brook

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2020.568902

5,290 views
19 citations

Original Research

Published on 22 Oct 2020

Beauty or Blight? Abundant Vegetation in the Presence of Disinvestment Across Residential Parcels and Neighborhoods in Toledo, OH

in Urban Ecology

Adam Berland
Dexter H. Locke
Dustin L. Herrmann
Kirsten Schwarz

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2020.566759

4,099 views
31 citations

Original Research

Published on 22 Oct 2020

Influence of Climate and Management on Patterns of Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Recreational Park Vegetation

in Urban Ecology

Peter C. Ibsen
Dorothy Borowy
Mia Rochford
Christopher M. Swan
G. Darrel Jenerette

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2020.501502

3,185 views
10 citations

Original Research

Published on 22 Oct 2020

Influences of Environmental and Social Factors on Perceived Bio-Cultural Services and Disservices

in Urban Ecology

Jeffrey A. Brown
Kelli L. Larson
Susannah B. Lerman
Daniel L. Childers
Riley Andrade
Heather L. Bateman
Sharon J. Hall
Paige S. Warren
Abigail M. York

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2020.569730

12,753 views
20 citations

Original Research

Published on 11 Sep 2020

The Greener the Better! Avian Communities Across a Neotropical Gradient of Urbanization Density

in Urban Ecology

Juan F. Escobar-Ibáñez
Rafael Rueda-Hernández
Ian MacGregor-Fors

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2020.500791

4,494 views
21 citations

Original Research

Published on 19 May 2020

Streetlights Disrupt Night-Time Sleep in Urban Black Swans

in Urban Ecology

Anne E. Aulsebrook
John A. Lesku
Raoul A. Mulder
Wolfgang Goymann
Alexei L. Vyssotski
Therésa M. Jones

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2020.00131

7,640 views
32 citations

Original Research

Published on 23 Apr 2020

Time Is Not Money: Income Is More Important Than Lifestage for Explaining Patterns of Residential Yard Plant Community Structure and Diversity in Baltimore

in Urban Ecology

Meghan Avolio
Allison Blanchette
Nancy F. Sonti
Dexter H. Locke

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2020.00085

7,098 views
31 citations

Original Research

Published on 24 Mar 2020

A Multi-Trait Comparison of an Urban Plant Species Pool Reveals the Importance of Intraspecific Trait Variation and Its Influence on Distinct Functional Responses to Soil Quality

in Urban Ecology

Dorothy Borowy
Christopher M. Swan

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2020.00068

4,617 views
17 citations

Original Research

Published on 24 Mar 2020

Urbanization Effects on Biodiversity Revealed by a Two-Scale Analysis of Species Functional Uniqueness vs. Redundancy

in Urban Ecology

Anna Kondratyeva
Sonja Knapp
Walter Durka
Ingolf Kühn
Jeanne Vallet
Nathalie Machon
Gabrielle Martin
Eric Motard
Philippe Grandcolas
Sandrine Pavoine

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2020.00073

55,903 views
74 citations

Editorial

Published on 14 Feb 2020

Editorial: Partitioning the Effects of Urbanization on Biodiversity: Beyond Wildlife Behavioural Responses to a Multilevel Assessment of Community Changes in Taxonomic, Functional and Phylogenetic Diversity

in Urban Ecology

Federico Morelli
Piotr Tryjanowski
Anders Pape Møller
Madhusudan Katti
Jiri Reif

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2020.00023

6,269 views
7 citations

Original Research

Published on 14 Feb 2020

Endangered Plants in Novel Urban Ecosystems Are Filtered by Strategy Type and Dispersal Syndrome, Not by Spatial Dependence on Natural Remnants

in Urban Ecology

Greg Planchuelo
Ingo Kowarik
Moritz von der Lippe

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2020.00018

7,134 views
29 citations

Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2020

Estimating Economic and Environmental Benefits of Urban Trees in Desert Regions

in Urban Ecology

Rima J. Isaifan
Richard W. Baldauf

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

doi 10.3389/fevo.2020.00016

16,474 views
39 citations