Drivers of urban biodiversity in Mexico and joint risks from future urban expansion, climate change, and urban heat island effect.

ABSTRACT: Urbanization is a phenomenon where humans concentrate in high densities and consume more per capita energy than in rural areas, imposing high pressures on biodiversity and ecosystem services. Although Mexico is recognized as a megadiverse country and there is an understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes underlying this high diversity, only some efforts have been devoted to understanding how urban biodiversity has been shaped. Here, we compiled a set of socioeconomic and ecological variables to explore macroecological patterns in urban biodiversity across Mexican municipalities. Specifically, we tested the species-area relationships (SAR) between rural and urban areas across municipalities and evaluated the relative role of different socioeconomic and ecological variables drivi

SUBMITTER: Velasco JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11451986 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature