With more than half the world now living in cities and urban land cover expected to increase by about 1.2 million square ...

Invasive species don't stop evolving themselves. Consider the infamous brown rats of New York City, which have evolved longer ...

Natural regeneration building urban forests, altering species composition. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2012 / 08 / 120822092201.htm ...

"Urban areas are quite vulnerable to these species. Often they are introduced, for example, through the trade in plants but also through accidental arrivals in ports and airports." City limits ...

Generalist species are the opposite of specialists — animals adapted to specific conditions, thriving in a narrow range of usually-stable environmental conditions: the far northern tundra, one ...

In forested regions of the nation, natural regeneration may help cities achieve tree cover goals at the expense of maintaining the desired tree species. "Urban forests change constantly in ...

Europe's towns and cities are particularly vulnerable to the threat posed by invasive species, say experts. They say urban areas are at higher risk from invasive alien species (IAS) as a result of ...