#urbanecology
These researchers have developed a prototype metric to score "Everyday Nature" in urban streetscapes 🌍

By measuring diversity and connectivity rather than just #tree cover, we can drive better investment in #UrbanEcosystems

Details here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#UrbanEcology #Trees
Towards an Everyday Nature Index for biodiversity in urban streets
Vegetation in contemporary urban streetscapes is generally limited to street trees and grassy verges, with limited understorey, species diversity, or …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Wild London is proof that nature doesn’t belong only in remote places. It adapts, persists, and sometimes flourishes right beside us — even in a megacity.

hdclump.com/wild-london/

#UrbanEcology #WildlifeStories #DavidAttenborough
Wild London - HDclump
Wild London often appears as a sea of grey stone and glass. However, a vibrant world of nature breathes beneath its famous skyline.
hdclump.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:31 AM
In China 🇨🇳, house prices don't drive street #tree diversity 🌳. Instead, building 🏡 age and interaction with price💰are the real keys.

"Legacy effect" outweighs "luxury effect," reflecting the impact of centralized greening policies 🌍

Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#UrbanEcology
Exploring the environmental justice of street tree provision: Adding biodiversity to automatic assessment of street-level greenery
Tree species play a crucial role in enhancing environmental sustainability, public health, and social equity beyond the quantity of urban trees. Previ…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
🏙️ Productivity and disturbance shape urban grasslands. Pouta et al. show that productive areas host taller, fast-growing plants, whereas frequently disturbed patches favor low-growing, stress-tolerant species 🌿📊.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#UrbanEcology #PlantCommunities
December 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Wildlife temporal behaviors in response to human activity changes during and following COVID-19 park closures vist.ly/4j5pb #CameraTraps #Covid19 #UrbanEcology
December 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
For urban birds, vegetation acts as a natural buffer against urban stress. Even vegetated noisy areas can support high functional diversity, when human access is restricted.
#UrbanEcology #Birds #Modelling #FunctionalDiversity

New paper out @springernature.com / Urban Ecosystems 🪶🏘️
December 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We are happy to announce the next speaker for our #UrbanEcology event in January! We will have @ylndmc.bsky.social (@ubms.creaf.cat) from @creaf.cat, who will be talking about butterflies in the city.

Save the date with the QR code or going directly to this link: drive.google.com/file/d/19iTA...
December 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Our new article in Urban Ecosys: I need my green space: minimum area of urban green spaces to maintain 🦇diversity and activity in a large European metropolis
#bats #urbanecology
Link: doi.org/10.1007/s112...
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I need my green space: minimum area of urban green spaces to maintain bat diversity and activity in a large European metropolis - Urban Ecosystems
Urbanisation and the associated low availability of green spaces in the cities affect the activity and diversity of insectivorous bat species worldwide. However, increasing the extent of green cover w...
doi.org
December 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Why do urban ecology in Atlanta? For one thing, it's much more forested than most other cities >100k population in CONUS, so likely a very different landscape for wildlife. Figure made with Census Bureau and NLCD data. #rstats #opendata #urbanecology
December 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I wonder if kids growing up in the third panel know what used to be underneath the pavement. Does the concrete hold the memory of the field? #Solastalgia #ShiftingBaselineSyndrome #UrbanEcology #Anthropocene
December 7, 2025 at 12:55 AM
#TNOCEssay
What if cities stopped seeing green spaces as a burden and started seeing them as an invitation to nurture life?

Read the full essay 👉
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#urbanecology #greeninfrastructure #cities #biodiversity #stewardship
December 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I was also on a mission going the other direction

#platypus #urbanecology #tasmania #australiananimals #kean4sci #wildoz
December 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The December newsletter will be out this time (due to the holiday break) in two days! You still have time to send us information about new papers, job opportunities, activities and conferences. Anything you would like to share with our more than 100 members about #UrbanEcology?
December 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Chip Cherries (Leratiomyces ceres): Imagine urban wood chips igniting a burst of fungal innovation! Their rapid spore dispersal transforms everyday mulch into a living network. Could this urban twist reshape our green spaces? #FungiExplained #UrbanEcology #Mycology
November 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Artificial supplementary food influences hedgehog occupancy and activity patterns more than predator presence or natural food availability vist.ly/4gc8i #UrbanEcology #Diet #Competition
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Can social media reveal how domestic cats impact insects and spiders?

A study in @InsectDiversity analyzed posts to uncover which arthropods cats prey on in urban areas.

Find out more: https://ow.ly/B1b350XyJUP
#UrbanEcology #Biodiversity #Conservation #Invertebrates #Cats RES Publications
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
November 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Our next seminar on #UrbanEcology is in less than two weeks. This time it's on a Wednesday!
This time, Juan Diego Ibáñez Álamo (@animalecpurban.bsky.social) from @universidadgranada.bsky.social will be talking about landscape configuration of urban green areas.
🔗 teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
New to town: home range size, habitat selection and behavioral adaptations by urban hares vist.ly/4g364 #UrbanEcology #Movement
November 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
📢I would like to share with you two opportunities to work in urban ecology with birds. The urban group at University of Granada is looking for a PhD candidate and a postdoc. More info in the attachments! #urbanEcology #birds #PhDcandidate #Postdoc #ResearchOpportunities
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Why gull chicks?
✅ Stay in nests for weeks → constant exposure
✅ Share environment with humans
✅ Easy to monitor
They’re ideal early-warning indicators for urban pollution.

#UrbanEcology #OneHealth
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Do you enjoy cat videos? 🐱

A new study published in #RESJournal Insect Conservation & Diversity reveals how domestic cats may be impacting #arthropod #biodiversity using social media of cats preying on insects & spiders 🕷️

🔗 buff.ly/j73gCmb

#RESInsectConsDiv #UrbanEcology #Biodiversity
Social media highlights the overlooked impact of cats on arthropods - Journal Highlight - Royal Entomological Society
First published: 19 November 2025. An exciting and unusual article published in RES journal Insect Conservation and Diversity explores how social media can help provide data for cat predation on arthropods:...
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November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM