TY - JOUR
T1 - A Research Agenda for Urban Biodiversity in the Global Extinction Crisis
AU - Knapp, Sonja
AU - Aronson, Myla F.J.
AU - Carpenter, Ela
AU - Herrera-Montes, Adriana
AU - Jung, Kirsten
AU - Kotze, D. Johan
AU - La Sorte, Frank A.
AU - Lepczyk, Christopher A.
AU - Macgregor-Fors, Ian
AU - Macivor, J. Scott
AU - Moretti, Marco
AU - Nilon, Charles H.
AU - Piana, Max R.
AU - Rega-Brodsky, Christine C.
AU - Salisbury, Allyson
AU - Threlfall, Caragh G.
AU - Trisos, Christopher
AU - Williams, Nicholas S.G.
AU - Hahs, Amy K.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the American Institute of Biological Sciences.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Rapid urbanization and the global loss of biodiversity necessitate the development of a research agenda that addresses knowledge gaps in urban ecology that will inform policy, management, and conservation. To advance this goal, we present six topics to pursue in urban biodiversity research: the socioeconomic and social-ecological drivers of biodiversity loss versus gain of biodiversity; the response of biodiversity to technological change; biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships; urban areas as refugia for biodiversity; spatiotemporal dynamics of species, community changes, and underlying processes; and ecological networks. We discuss overarching considerations and offer a set of questions to inspire and support urban biodiversity research. In parallel, we advocate for communication and collaboration across many fields and disciplines in order to build capacity for urban biodiversity research, education, and practice. Taken together we note that urban areas will play an important role in addressing the global extinction crisis.
AB - Rapid urbanization and the global loss of biodiversity necessitate the development of a research agenda that addresses knowledge gaps in urban ecology that will inform policy, management, and conservation. To advance this goal, we present six topics to pursue in urban biodiversity research: the socioeconomic and social-ecological drivers of biodiversity loss versus gain of biodiversity; the response of biodiversity to technological change; biodiversity-ecosystem service relationships; urban areas as refugia for biodiversity; spatiotemporal dynamics of species, community changes, and underlying processes; and ecological networks. We discuss overarching considerations and offer a set of questions to inspire and support urban biodiversity research. In parallel, we advocate for communication and collaboration across many fields and disciplines in order to build capacity for urban biodiversity research, education, and practice. Taken together we note that urban areas will play an important role in addressing the global extinction crisis.
KW - biodiversity loss
KW - ecosystem services
KW - extinction crisis
KW - social-ecological systems
KW - urban conservation
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U2 - 10.1093/biosci/biaa141
DO - 10.1093/biosci/biaa141
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85104759761
SN - 0006-3568
VL - 71
SP - 268
EP - 279
JO - BioScience
JF - BioScience
IS - 3
ER -