Urbanisation generates multiple trait syndromes for terrestrial animal taxa worldwide

Nature Communications, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 14(1)

Published: Aug. 7, 2023

Cities can host significant biological diversity. Yet, urbanisation leads to the loss of habitats, species, and functional groups. Understanding how multiple taxa respond globally is essential promote conserve biodiversity in cities. Using a dataset encompassing six terrestrial faunal (amphibians, bats, bees, birds, carabid beetles reptiles) across 379 cities on 6 continents, we show that produces taxon-specific changes trait composition, with traits related reproductive strategy showing strongest response. Our findings suggest results four syndromes (mobile generalists, site specialists, central place foragers, mobile specialists), resources associated reproduction diet likely driving patterns mobility body size. Functional diversity measures showed varied responses, leading shifts space driven by critical resource distribution abundance, syndromes. Maximising opportunities support different urban should be pivotal conservation management programmes within among This will reduce likelihood biotic homogenisation helps ensure environments have capacity future challenges. These actions are reframe role global loss.

Language: Английский

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Pathways between people, wildlife and environmental justice in cities

People and Nature, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 10, 2025

Abstract Wildlife are increasingly recognized as critical to urban ecosystems, but the impacts and benefits of wildlife on people in cities poorly understood. Environmental justice scholarship has concluded that elements environment can create or exacerbate social inequity, human–wildlife interactions have not been considered through this lens. We conducted a literature review wildlife, environmental justice. triangulated between these three bodies identify trends, gaps research needs. identified six pathways which presence absence, management may lead injustice for people. Our shows affect nearly all aspects life people, including economics, participation decision‐making, patterns space, human health, psychological well‐being cultural discourses. Through pathways, disproportionately marginalized vulnerable communities affluent residents. Contemporary intersections planning, histories systemic bias existing injustices cities. Synthesis applications . Though often characterized ‘good’ ‘bad’ based their effects we conclude dichotomy perpetuates wildlife. Instead, argue ‘just city’ fosters healthy populations equitable decision‐making. The lay out here offer road map incorporating into management. Read free Plain Language Summary article Journal blog.

Language: Английский

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Examining the paradox of urban disease ecology by linking the perspectives of Urban One Health and Ecology with Cities

Urban Ecosystems, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 25(6), P. 1735 - 1744

Published: July 15, 2022

Language: Английский

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A spatial analysis of urban gulls contribution to the potential spread of zoonotic and antibiotic-resistant bacteria

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 912, P. 168762 - 168762

Published: Nov. 23, 2023

Wildlife human interactions within cities are becoming more common with consequences for pathogen transmission and health. Large gulls opportunistic feeders, adapted to coexist humans in urban environments, potential vectors spread of pathogens, including antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. We investigated the role that play dispersal these analysed 129 faecal swabs from yellow-legged (Larus michahellis) different ages (56 adults 73 immatures) during breeding period three years highly populated city Barcelona (northeastern Spain). Thirteen individuals tested positive pathogenic bacteria (Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter jejuni), antibiotic-resistant strains. modelled spatial pathogens using GPS trajectories 58 (23 adults, 35 immature individuals), which included thirteen By overlapping spatially explicit maps distribution installations sensitive at risk possible spillover (e.g. elder medical centres, markets, food industries, kindergartens, or public water sources), we identified areas spillover. Pathogens may be potentially municipalities beyond borders. The results revealed dispersed over larger than (maximum distances 167 km versus 53.2 km, respectively). Recreational sources were most habitats visited by GPS-tagged (n = 13), followed schools. Combining movement data analytics allows generated a One Health approach can help health management large cities, such as Barcelona, identify used gulls.

Language: Английский

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One Health preparedness and response for mosquito-borne viruses: a stakeholder- and social network-analysis in the Netherlands

BMC Public Health, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 25(1)

Published: Jan. 24, 2025

The emergence of mosquito-borne viruses (MBVs) in Europe emphasizes the need for preparedness and response plans. This requires knowledge integration collaboration across human, animal, vector, environmental health domains, aligning with One Health approach. Despite importance a approach, engaging stakeholders from each domain remains challenging. study aims to identify field MBVs Netherlands map collaborations, knowledge- information-sharing between these stakeholders, their domains governance levels. In addition, we aim bottlenecks networks uncover underlying reasons. combined stakeholder- social network analysis. Stakeholders were identified through document analysis snowballing. Semi-structured interviews conducted eligible stakeholders. Stakeholders' dependencies, roles MBV discussed. Interviewees not currently active policy given opportunity share experiences regarding 'zoonotic infectious diseases' or 'healthy living environments'. Interview transcripts coded collaborations information- sharing categorized into (animal, environment, other) levels (international, national, regional, local, other). Networks visualized analysed using Cytoscape R. Stakeholder 87 who influence are (likely be) influenced by response, whom 47 as having an role interaction network. Network visualisation unveiled 153 connections among encompassing all but showed underrepresentation local Transcript revealed low urgency reason Analysis other two themes ("healthy environment" "(zoonotic) diseases") did show multiple regional/local environment domain, regional underlines remaining challenge including relevant We recommend utilising existing this study, central overcome bottlenecks.

Language: Английский

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Dysbiosis in the urban tree microbiome

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 25, 2025

The tree microbiome is a critical determinant of and ecosystem functioning, but human disturbances can disrupt natural microbe-tree relationships. Here, we show that urban trees exhibit microbial dysbiosis along model urbanization gradient, with declines in mutualistic root leaf symbionts, increases decomposers pathogens, including those relevant to plant, animal, health. These shifts correlate stressors such as heat, drought, atmospheric deposition. Urban microbiomes also altered biogeochemical cycling capabilities, high potential for nitrogen loss through greenhouse gas (N2O) production reduced capacity methane consumption relative rural trees. Additionally, reduces overall diversity, particularly among non-pathogenic microbes, potentially diminishing the ecological health benefits diverse environmental cities. findings underscore need consider forestry management practices maximize city greening forest conservation efforts.

Language: Английский

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Pesticide Pollution in the Brazilian Pampa: Detrimental Impacts on Ecosystems and Human Health in a Neglected Biome

Pollutants, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 3(2), P. 280 - 292

Published: June 1, 2023

The Brazilian Pampa biome covers half of Rio Grande do Sul state, in the extreme south Brazil, creating an ecotone zone with Atlantic Forest and bordering Pampa’s territory belonging to Uruguay Argentina. is a non-forest mainly composed grasslands mosaics grassland-forest vegetation. This shows significant animal plant diversity, contributing maintenance important ecosystem services, including CO2 capture, pollination, water cycle regulation. However, forestry plantations, inappropriate cattle ranching, mining activities, unplanned urbanization, cultivation monocultures (soy, rice, tobacco, other cash crops) significantly threaten conservation biome. A major problem observed Pampa, due great connection this agricultural areas, pesticide pollution, which affects health humans animals that occupy region. robust body evidence indicates aquatic terrestrial ecosystems are extensively contaminated pesticides, as indicated by studies involving biomarkers analyses performed on soil samples. Human also suggest pesticides affect different systems, facilitating onset various chronic diseases. Brazil’s actions policies have special focus forest ecosystems, neglecting biomes thus aggravating problems related conservation. In article, we discuss some caused pollution drawing attention need for intensification focused promotion human environmental health. Finally, bioecological bioeconomy alternative progress its economic development but less dependency detrimental activities

Language: Английский

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A system dynamics-based synergistic model of urban production-living-ecological systems: An analytical framework and case study

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 18(10), P. e0293207 - e0293207

Published: Oct. 19, 2023

Human-land coordination represents urbanization and is a key component of urban modernization. In this study, the theory system dynamics was introduced, in which "production-living-ecological" complex used based on human-land concept. Moreover, characteristics causal cycle, dynamic sustainable development, man-land synergy, integrity openness, self-organization adaptability were analyzed by dividing it into three subsystems: production, living, ecological subsystems. Here, feedback structure flow diagrams designed using loop to evaluate relationships between variables quantitatively analyzing their interactions predicting future development variables. Changsha City, China selected as case study area, where we constructed practice equation model then determine interaction Our findings indicate that year 2035 future, overall trend factors influencing function subsystems such population, GDP built-up area are positively correlated with an increasing trend, there between. Furthermore, these interact each other, mutual correlation found among production-living-ecological functions system, Therefore, provides novel perspective exploratory for synergistic coupling ecological, living cities evaluating high-quality cities. Thus, reflects "people-land" relationship, development.

Language: Английский

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Environmental Sanitation in Porto Alegre City, Brazil: A Basic Step towards Sustainable Development

Sustainability, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 16(7), P. 2672 - 2672

Published: March 25, 2024

Porto Alegre city, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul State, is an important medical, educational, and technological hub in Brazil. However, faces critical challenges achieving adequate environmental sanitation, hampering development negatively impacting most socially vulnerable segments population. Although Alegre’s sanitation plan aims at universal access to sewage collection treatment services by 2035, some city’s indicators have deteriorated recent years compared other Brazilian cities. The inadequate or lack proper (e.g., shortcomings treatment, suboptimal management solid waste, deficiencies distribution treated water) contribute proliferation disease vectors like mosquitoes spread infectious parasitic diseases toxoplasmosis, leishmaniasis, arboviral diseases). Recently, population experienced a significant number dengue infection cases. Climate change, social issues, unplanned urbanization will further favor transmission region. In this Review, we provide overview concerning ecological, socio-economic, public health aspects Alegre, drawing attention insufficient neglected problem local authorities. We argue that issue needs be seriously addressed if wants realistically achieve sustainable development, protecting ecosystems human health.

Language: Английский

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Terrestrial invertebrate hosts of human pathogens in urban ecosystems

Eco-Environment & Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 3(3), P. 369 - 380

Published: April 17, 2024

Terrestrial invertebrates in urban ecosystems are extremely species-rich, have many important roles material flow and energy circulation, host to human pathogens that pose threats health. These widely distributed areas, including both out- in-door environments. Consequently, humans frequently contact with them, which provides opportunities for them health risks. However, comprehensive knowledge on pathogen transfer via is lacking, research date primarily focused dipterans (e.g., mosquitoes, flies). Here, we take a broad taxonomic approach review terrestrial invertebrate hosts (incl. flies, termites, cockroaches, mites, ticks, earthworms, collembola, fleas, snails, beetles) of pathogens, focus transmission pathways. We also discuss how urbanization global warming likely influence the communities flow-on risks Finally, identify current gaps provide perspectives future directions.

Language: Английский

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