Birds and Butterflies Along Urban Gradients in Two Ecoregions of the United States: Is Urbanization Creating a Homogeneous Fauna?

By R. Blair. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Relationship between the presence of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) and Neotropical bird community structure and diversity (2009, background): “Alternatively, there may be an increase in the number of individuals of those species capable of exploiting urban conditions and resources (Blair 2001; McKinney 2002).”
Diversity, abundance, and species composition of ants in urban green spaces (2010, unknown): “Additionally, urbanization favors introduction of exotic species, which in turn results in biotic homogenization and reductions in the biological uniqueness of local ecosystems (Blair 2001).”
Exotics as host plants of the California butterfly fauna (2003, background): “Use of introduced hosts is also leading to homogenization of urban butterfly faunas (Blair, 2001; Shapiro, unpublished).”
Forecasting faunal and floral homogenization associated with human population geography in North America (2006, background): “Evidence for homogenization is widespread and encompasses a number of faunal and floral groups (e.g., Rahel, 2000; Rejmánek, 2000; Blair, 2001; Duncan and Lockwood, 2001; Marchetti et al., 2001; Jokimäki and Kaisanlahti-Jokimäki, 2003; Crooks et al., 2004; McKinney, 2004a; Rooney et al., 2004).”
Living in the city: can anyone become an ‘urban exploiter'? (2007, background): “…in which a small number of species that are well adapted to human-dominated landscapes (urban exploiters) replace a wider range of native species is repeated in many regions all over the world, and has been termed biotic homogenization (Blair, 2001a; Lockwood & McKinney, 2002; Crooks et al., 2004).”
Adaptability and vulnerability of high flying Neotropical aerial insectivorous bats to urbanization (2011, background): “Finally, we discuss whether high flying aerial insectivorous bats can be classified as urban avoiders, urban adapters and urban exploiters sensu Blair (2001) and McKinney (2002) and evaluate morphological traits such as body mass, forearm length, wing morphology and echolocation frequency, which…”
Urbanization and homogenization – Comparing the floras of urban and rural areas in Germany (2006, background): “This could explain the different results obtained for birds and butterflies along an urban–rural gradient in North America (Blair, 2001).”
Homogenization of Freshwater Faunas (2002, methodology): “Blair (2001) used cluster analysis to show that the physical habitat and biotic communities of urban areas in California and Ohio were more similar than the original ecosystems present in these areas.”