Urban birds have broader environmental tolerance.
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SUBMITTER: Bonier F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2391212 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Dec
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Urban birds have broader environmental tolerance.
Bonier Frances F Martin Paul R PR Wingfield John C JC
Biology letters 20071201 6
Urbanization dramatically changes the composition and diversity of biotic communities. The characteristics distinguishing species that persist in urban environments, however, are poorly understood. Here we test the hypothesis that broadly adapted organisms are better able to tolerate urbanization, using a phylogenetically controlled, global comparison of birds. We compared elevational and latitudinal distributions of 217 urban birds found in 73 of the world's largest cities with distributions of ...[more]
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