Elena Piano, Caroline Souffreau, Thomas Merckx, Lisa F Baardsen, Thierry Backeljau, Dries Bonte, Kristien I Brans, Marie Cours, Maxime Dahirel, Nicolas Debortoli, Ellen Decaestecker, Katrien De Wolf, Jessie M T Engelen, Diego Fontaneto, Andros T Gianuca, Lynn Govaert, Fabio T T Hanashiro, Janet Higuti, Luc Lens, Koen Martens, Hans Matheve, Erik Matthysen, Eveline Pinseel, Rose Sablon, Isa Schön, Robby Stoks, Karine Van Doninck, Hans Van Dyck, Pieter Vanormelingen, Jeroen Van Wichelen, Wim Vyverman, Luc De Meester, Frederik Hendrickx
The increasing urbanization process is hypothesized to drastically alter (semi-)natural environments with a concomitant major decline in species abundance and diversity. Yet, studies on this effect of urbanization, and the spatial scale at which it acts, are at present inconclusive due to the large heterogeneity in taxonomic groups and spatial scales at which this relationship has been investigated among studies. Comprehensive studies analysing this relationship across multiple animal groups and at multiple spatial scales are rare, hampering the assessment of how biodiversity generally responds to urbanization...
November 22, 2019: Global Change Biology