Urbanisation generates multiple trait syndromes for terrestrial animal taxa worldwide.

ABSTRACT: Cities can host significant biological diversity. Yet, urbanisation leads to the loss of habitats, species, and functional groups. Understanding how multiple taxa respond to urbanisation globally is essential to promote and conserve biodiversity in cities. Using a dataset encompassing six terrestrial faunal taxa (amphibians, bats, bees, birds, carabid beetles and reptiles) across 379 cities on 6 continents, we show that urbanisation produces taxon-specific changes in trait composition, with traits related to reproductive strategy showing the strongest response. Our findings suggest that urbanisation results in four trait syndromes (mobile generalists, site specialists, central place foragers, and mobile specialists), with resources associated with reproduction and diet likely driving patte

SUBMITTER: Hahs AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10406945 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature