Urbanization, climate and species traits shape mammal communities from local to continental scales.

Autor: Haight JD; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. jdhaight@asu.edu., Hall SJ; School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA., Fidino M; Urban Wildlife Institute, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL, USA., Adalsteinsson SA; Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA., Ahlers AA; Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA., Angstmann J; Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, USA., Anthonysamy WJB; University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO, USA., Biro E; Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA., Collins MK; University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA., Dugelby B; St. Edward's University, Austin, TX, USA., Gallo T; University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA., Green AM; School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA., Hartley L; University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA., Jordan MJ; Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA., Kay CAM; Urban Wildlife Institute, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL, USA., Lehrer EW; Urban Wildlife Institute, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL, USA., Long RA; Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA, USA., MacDougall B; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA., Magle SB; Urban Wildlife Institute, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL, USA., Minier DE; Conservation Society of California, Oakland, CA, USA., Mowry C; Atlanta Coyote Project, Atlanta, GA, USA., Murray M; Urban Wildlife Institute, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL, USA., Nininger K; Central Florida Zoo and Botanic Gardens, Sanford, FL, USA., Pendergast ME; Sageland Collaborative, Salt Lake City, UT, USA., Remine KR; Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA, USA., Ryan T; Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, USA., Salsbury C; Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, USA., Sander HA; University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA., Schell CJ; University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA., Șekercioğlu ÇH; School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye., Shier CJ; City of Edmonton, Edmonton, AB, Canada., Simon KC; Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, TX, USA., St Clair CC; University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada., Stankowich T; California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, USA., Stevenson CJ; University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada., Wayne L; San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA, USA., Will D; Seneca Park Zoo, Rochester, NY, USA., Williamson J; Wildlife Habitat Council, Bethesda, MD, USA., Wilson L; Atlanta Coyote Project, Atlanta, GA, USA., Zellmer AJ; Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, USA.; Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy, Pasadena, CA, USA., Lewis JS; College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature ecology & evolution [Nat Ecol Evol] 2023 Oct; Vol. 7 (10), pp. 1654-1666. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 04.
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02166-x
Abstrakt: Human-driven environmental changes shape ecological communities from local to global scales. Within cities, landscape-scale patterns and processes and species characteristics generally drive local-scale wildlife diversity. However, cities differ in their structure, species pools, geographies and histories, calling into question the extent to which these drivers of wildlife diversity are predictive at continental scales. In partnership with the Urban Wildlife Information Network, we used occurrence data from 725 sites located across 20 North American cities and a multi-city, multi-species occupancy modelling approach to evaluate the effects of ecoregional characteristics and mammal species traits on the urbanization-diversity relationship. Among 37 native terrestrial mammal species, regional environmental characteristics and species traits influenced within-city effects of urbanization on species occupancy and community composition. Species occupancy and diversity were most negatively related to urbanization in the warmer, less vegetated cities. Additionally, larger-bodied species were most negatively impacted by urbanization across North America. Our results suggest that shifting climate conditions could worsen the effects of urbanization on native wildlife communities, such that conservation strategies should seek to mitigate the combined effects of a warming and urbanizing world.
(© 2023. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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