A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67985939:_____/14:00432946

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.3330" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.3330</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.3330" target="_blank" >10.1098/rspb.2013.3330</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers

Original language description

Urbanization contributes to the loss of the world's biodiversity and the homogenization of its biota. However, comparative studies of urban biodiversity leading to robust generalities of the status and drivers of biodiversity in cities at the global scale are lacking. Here, we compiled the largest global dataset to date of two diverse taxa in cities: birds (54 cities) and plants (110 cities). We found that the majority of urban bird and plant species are native in the world's cities. Few plants and birds are cosmopolitan, the most common being Columba livia and Poa annua. The density of bird and plant species (the number of species per km(2)) has declined substantially: only 8% of native bird and 25% of native plant species are currently present compared with estimates of non-urban density of species. The current density of species in cities and the loss in density of species was best explained by anthropogenic features (landcover, city age) rather than by non-anthropogenic factors (ge

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

ISSN

0962-8452

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

281

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1780

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000332383100023

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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