Opposite Responses of Native and Nonnative Birds to Socioeconomics in a Latin American City.

ABSTRACT: Due to the massive increase of the urban population, a global target is to achieve sustainable cities that are sensitive to nature and environmentally just for urban dwellers. To accomplish this, it is important to understand the responses of native and nonnative birds, identify the environmental variables that promote native species and limit nonnative species, and understand how they vary among socioeconomic groups. Although many cities in the Global South exhibit strong social and environmental segregation, few studies have investigated the relationship between socioeconomics and biodiversity. Therefore, to help promote ecological justice and biodiversity conservation in the developing world, we investigated the influence of socioeconomic level and woody cover on bird species richness a

SUBMITTER: Villasenor NR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10812454 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature