scholarly journals Urban ecology for the urban century

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. e01221
Author(s):  
Robert Ian Mcdonald
Keyword(s):  
Urban Ecology

Urban Ecology

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard T. T. Forman
Keyword(s):  
Urban Ecology

Urban Ecology urban ecology

2012 ◽  
pp. 11324-11343 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. T. A. Pickett ◽  
M. L. Cadenasso
Keyword(s):  
Urban Ecology

Integrating demographic and meteorological data in urban ecology: a case study of container-breeding mosquitoes in temperate Argentina

Area ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Victoria Cardo ◽  
Darío Vezzani ◽  
Alejandra Rubio ◽  
Aníbal E Carbajo
Keyword(s):  
Urban Ecology ◽  
Meteorological Data

Urban ecology of hosts and vectors of Rickettsia in a rickettsiosis-endemic city of the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico

Acta Tropica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 216 ◽  
pp. 105832
Author(s):  
Karla R. Dzul-Rosado ◽  
Enrique Reyes-Novelo ◽  
Cesar Lugo-Caballero ◽  
Alan D. Cuxim-Koyoc ◽  
Francisco Collí-Padrón ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Urban Ecology ◽  
Yucatan Peninsula ◽  
Yucatán Peninsula

scholarly journals Urban rats have less variable, higher protein diets

2018 ◽  
Vol 285 (1889) ◽  
pp. 20181441 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Guiry ◽  
M. Buckley
Keyword(s):  
Urban Ecology ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Human Society ◽  
Animal Management ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Brown Rat ◽  
Dietary Niche ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas

Over the past 1000 years, rats ( Rattus spp.) have become one of the most successful and prolific pests in human society. Despite their cosmopolitan distribution across six continents and ubiquity throughout the world's cities, rat urban ecology remains poorly understood. We investigate the role of human foods in brown rat ( Rattus norvegicus ) diets in urban and rural areas over a 100 year period ( ca AD 1790–1890) in Toronto, Canada using stable carbon ( δ 13 C) and nitrogen ( δ 15 N) isotope analyses of archaeological remains. We found that rat diets from urban sites were of higher quality and were more homogeneous and stable over time. By contrast, in rural areas, they show a wide range of dietary niche specializations that directly overlap, and probably competed, with native omnivorous and herbivorous species. These results demonstrate a link between rodent diets and human population density, providing, to our knowledge, the first long-term dietary perspective on the relative value of different types of human settlements as rodent habitat. This study highlights the potential of using the historical and archaeological record to provide a retrospective on the urban ecology of commensal and synanthropic animals that could be useful for improving animal management and conservation strategies in urban areas.

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