ArticleNature communications2023
Urbanisation generates multiple trait syndromes for terrestrial animal taxa worldwide.
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59 authors at 20 institutions in 19 countries.
Amy K Hahs *School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus 500 Yarra Blvd, Richmond, 3121 VIC, Australia. amy.hahs@unimelb.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0163-6732
Bertrand Fournier *Institute of Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476, Potsdam, Germany. bertrand.fournier@uni-potsdam.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7106-6109
Myla F J AronsonDepartment of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, 08816, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8717-792X
Charles H NilonSchool of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
Adriana Herrera-MontesDepartment of Environmental Science, College of Natural Sciences, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Allyson B SalisburyThe Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle, IL, 60532, USA.
Caragh G ThrelfallSchool of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.
Christine C Rega-BrodskySchool of Science and Mathematics, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, 66762, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3483-1465
Christopher A LepczykSchool of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 36849, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5316-3159
Frank A La SorteCornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8521-2501
Ian MacGregor-ForsFaculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Niemenkatu 73, FI-15140, Lahti, Finland.
J Scott MacIvorDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough, 1265 Military Trail, Toronto, M1C 1A4, Canada.
Kirsten JungInstitute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89069, Ulm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9449-2215
Max R PianaUSDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Amherst, MA, 01002, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6802-707X
Nicholas S G WilliamsSchool of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Burnley Campus 500 Yarra Blvd, Richmond, 3121 VIC, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6291-9483
Sonja KnappHelmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Community Ecology, Theodor-Lieser-Str. 4, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5792-4691
Alan VergnesCEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Univ Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, Montpellier, France.
Aldemar A AcevedoDepartamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Laboratorio de Genética y Evolución, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras 3425, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4729-2093
Alison M GainsburyUniversity of South Florida, St. Petersburg Campus, Department of Integrative Biology, St. Petersburg, FL, 33701, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2828-7301
Ana RainhocE3c - Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes at the Dept. of Animal Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Univ. of Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8826-9458
Andrew J HamerInstitute of Aquatic Ecology, Centre for Ecological Research, Karolina u. 29, 1113, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6031-7841
Assaf ShwartzFaculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel.
Christian C VoigtDept. of Evolutionary Ecology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17, 10315, Berlin, Germany.
Daniel LewanzikDept. of Evolutionary Ecology, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Alfred-Kowalke-Str. 17, 10315, Berlin, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3305-6556
David M LowensteinMichigan State University Extension, Macomb County, 21885 Dunham Rd - Suite 12, Clinton Twp, MI, 48036, USA.
David O'BrienScottish Natural Heritage (NatureScot), Great Glen House, Inverness, IV3 8NW, UK.
Desiree TommasiInstitute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA.
Eduardo PinedaRed de Biología y Conservación de Vertebrados. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Carretera Antigua a Coatepec 351, Xalapa, 91073, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1997-9576
Ela Sita CarpenterU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Chesapeake Bay Field Office, 177 Admiral Cochrane Dr, Annapolis, MD, 21401, USA.
Elena BelskayaInstitute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Eighth March Street 202, Yekaterinburg, 620144, Russia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3284-8829
Gábor L LöveiDepartment of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Flakkebjerg Research Centre, DK-4200, Slagelse, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6467-9812
James C MakinsonHawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith, NSW, 2751, Australia.
Joanna L ColemanQueens College at the City University of New York, Flushing, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6353-0437
Jon P SadlerSchool of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0443-4458
Jordan ShroyerSchool of Natural Resources, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
Julie Teresa ShapiroUniversity of Lyon, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES), Laboratory of Lyon, 31 Avenue Tony Garnier, 69364, Lyon Cedex 07, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4539-650X
Katherine C R BaldockDepartment of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6849-8747
Kelly Ksiazek-MikenasDepartment of Biology, Elmhurst University, Elmhurst, IL, 60126, USA.
Kevin C MattesonDepartment of Biology/Project Dragonfly, Miami University, Oxford, OH, USA.
Kyle BarrettDepartment of Forestry and Environmental Conservation, Clemson University, 261 Lehotsky Hall, Clemson, SC, 29631, USA.
Lizette SilesÁrea de Mastozoología, Museo de Historia Natural Alcide d'Orbigny, Avenida Potosí 1458, Cochabamba, Cochabamba, Bolivia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8721-4033
Luis F AguirreCentro de Biodiversidad y Genética, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, c Sucre, frente Parque La Torre s/n, Cochabamba, Bolivia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4194-1523
Luis Orlando ArmestoTecnoacademia, CEDRUM, Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA), Cúcuta, Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7445-6615
Marcin ZalewskiMuseum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, Warsaw, 00-679, Poland.
Maria Isabel Herrera-MontesGrupo de Ecologia Animal, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.
Martin K ObristSwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, CH-8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6766-044X
Rebecca K ToniettoDepartment of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan-Flint, 303 E Kearsley St., Flint, MI, 48502, USA.
Sara A GagnéUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd., Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA.
Sarah J HinnersDepartment of City and Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5696-8959
Tanya LattySydney Institute of Agriculture, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Thilina D SurasingheDepartment of Biological Sciences, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA, 02325, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8758-072X
Thomas SattlerSwiss Ornithological Institute, Seerose 1, CH-6204, Sempach, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5359-6387
Tibor MaguraELKH-DE Anthropocene Ecology Research Group, University of Debrecen, H-4032, Debrecen, Egyetem square 1, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9130-6122
Werner UlrichDepartment of Ecology and Biogeography, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Lwowska 1, 87-100, Torun, Poland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8715-6619
Zoltan ElekCentre for Agricultural Research, Plant Protection Institute, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Herman Ottó út 15, Budapest, 1022, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6026-6300
Jennifer Castañeda-OviedoGrupo de Investigación en Ecología y Biogeografía, Universidad de Pamplona, Pamplona, Colombia.
Ricardo TorradoSecretaría de Educación del Municipio de Cúcuta, Cúcuta, Colombia.
D Johan Kotze *Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, University of Helsinki, Niemenkatu 73, FI-15140, Lahti, Finland. johan.kotze@helsinki.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4211-4420
Marco Moretti *Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Zürcherstrasse 111, 8903, Birmensdorf, Switzerland. marco.moretti@wsl.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5845-3198
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research · DESwiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research · CHThe University of Melbourne · AUThe University of Sydney · AUUniversity of Debrecen · HUUniversity of Helsinki · FIUniversity of Missouri · USAuburn University · USBridgewater State University · USCentre for Agricultural Research · HUCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRChesapeake Bay Program · USClemson University · USCornell University · USElmhurst College · USHelmholtz Centre for Environmental Research · DEHenry Ford Macomb Hospital · USHUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research · HUInstitute of Plant and Animal Ecology · RUInstituto de Ecología · MX
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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 patterns in traits associated with mobility and body size. Functional diversity measures showed varied responses, leading to shifts in trait space likely driven by critical resource distribution and abundance, and taxon-specific trait syndromes. Maximising opportunities to support taxa with different urban trait syndromes should be pivotal in conservation and management programmes within and among cities. This will reduce the likelihood of biotic homogenisation and helps ensure that urban environments have the capacity to respond to future challenges. These actions are critical to reframe the role of cities in global biodiversity loss.
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