Urbanization, climate and species traits shape mammal communities from local to continental scales

Jeffrey D Haight¹, Sharon J Hall², Mason Fidino³, Solny A Adalsteinsson⁴, Adam A Ahlers⁵, Julia Angstmann⁶, Whitney J B Anthonysamy⁷, Elizabeth Biro⁴, Merri K Collins⁸, Barbara Dugelby⁹, Travis Gallo⁸, Austin M Green¹⁰, Laura Hartley¹¹, Mark J Jordan¹², Cria A M Kay³, Elizabeth W Lehrer³, Robert A Long¹³, Brandon MacDougall¹⁴, Seth B Magle³, Darren E Minier¹⁵, Chris Mowry¹⁶, Maureen Murray³, Kristina Nininger¹⁷, Mary E Pendergast¹⁸, Katie R Remine¹³, Travis Ryan⁶, Carmen Salsbury⁶, Heather A Sander¹⁴, Christopher J Schell¹⁹, Çagan H Șekercioğlu^{10

20}, Catherine J Shier²¹, Kelly C Simon²², Colleen C St Clair²³, Theodore Stankowich²⁴, Cassondra J Stevenson²³, Lisa Wayne²⁵, Dave Will²⁶, Jacque Williamson²⁷, Larry Wilson¹⁶, Amanda J Zellmer^{28

29}, Jesse S Lewis³⁰

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¹ School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. jdhaight@asu.edu.
² School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
³ Urban Wildlife Institute, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁴ Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
⁵ Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
⁶ Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
⁷ University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO, USA.
⁸ University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
⁹ St. Edward's University, Austin, TX, USA.
¹⁰ School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
¹¹ University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA.
¹² Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹³ Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹⁴ University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
¹⁵ Conservation Society of California, Oakland, CA, USA.
¹⁶ Atlanta Coyote Project, Atlanta, GA, USA.
¹⁷ Central Florida Zoo and Botanic Gardens, Sanford, FL, USA.
¹⁸ Sageland Collaborative, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
¹⁹ University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
²⁰ Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
²¹ City of Edmonton, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
²² Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, TX, USA.
²³ University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
²⁴ California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, USA.
²⁵ San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA, USA.
²⁶ Seneca Park Zoo, Rochester, NY, USA.
²⁷ Wildlife Habitat Council, Bethesda, MD, USA.
²⁸ Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
²⁹ Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy, Pasadena, CA, USA.
³⁰ College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ, USA.

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DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02166-x

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Urbanization, climate and species traits shape mammal communities from local to continental scales

Jeffrey D Haight et al. Nat Ecol Evol. 2023 Oct.

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. 2023 Oct;7(10):1654-1666.

doi: 10.1038/s41559-023-02166-x. Epub 2023 Sep 4.

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¹ School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. jdhaight@asu.edu.
² School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA.
³ Urban Wildlife Institute, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL, USA.
⁴ Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.
⁵ Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
⁶ Butler University, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
⁷ University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy, St. Louis, MO, USA.
⁸ University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
⁹ St. Edward's University, Austin, TX, USA.
¹⁰ School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
¹¹ University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, USA.
¹² Seattle University, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹³ Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹⁴ University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.
¹⁵ Conservation Society of California, Oakland, CA, USA.
¹⁶ Atlanta Coyote Project, Atlanta, GA, USA.
¹⁷ Central Florida Zoo and Botanic Gardens, Sanford, FL, USA.
¹⁸ Sageland Collaborative, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
¹⁹ University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
²⁰ Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
²¹ City of Edmonton, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
²² Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin, TX, USA.
²³ University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
²⁴ California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, USA.
²⁵ San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA, USA.
²⁶ Seneca Park Zoo, Rochester, NY, USA.
²⁷ Wildlife Habitat Council, Bethesda, MD, USA.
²⁸ Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
²⁹ Arroyos & Foothills Conservancy, Pasadena, CA, USA.
³⁰ College of Integrative Sciences and Arts, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ, USA.

PMID: 37667002
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-023-02166-x

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Author Correction: Urbanization, climate and species traits shape mammal communities from local to continental scales.
Haight JD, Hall SJ, Fidino M, Adalsteinsson SA, Ahlers AA, Angstmann J, Anthonysamy WJB, Biro E, Collins MK, Dugelby B, Gallo T, Green AM, Hartley L, Jordan MJ, Kay CAM, Lehrer EW, Long RA, MacDougall B, Magle SB, Minier DE, Mowry C, Murray M, Nininger K, Pendergast ME, Remine KR, Ryan T, Salsbury C, Sander HA, Schell CJ, Șekercioğlu ÇH, Shier CJ, Simon KC, St Clair CC, Stankowich T, Stevenson CJ, Wayne L, Will D, Williamson J, Wilson L, Zellmer AJ, Lewis JS. Haight JD, et al. Nat Ecol Evol. 2024 Jul;8(7):1378. doi: 10.1038/s41559-024-02429-1. Nat Ecol Evol. 2024. PMID: 38740887 No abstract available.

Abstract

Human-driven environmental changes shape ecological communities from local to global scales. Within cities, landscape-scale patterns and processes and species characteristics generally drive local-scale wildlife diversity. However, cities differ in their structure, species pools, geographies and histories, calling into question the extent to which these drivers of wildlife diversity are predictive at continental scales. In partnership with the Urban Wildlife Information Network, we used occurrence data from 725 sites located across 20 North American cities and a multi-city, multi-species occupancy modelling approach to evaluate the effects of ecoregional characteristics and mammal species traits on the urbanization-diversity relationship. Among 37 native terrestrial mammal species, regional environmental characteristics and species traits influenced within-city effects of urbanization on species occupancy and community composition. Species occupancy and diversity were most negatively related to urbanization in the warmer, less vegetated cities. Additionally, larger-bodied species were most negatively impacted by urbanization across North America. Our results suggest that shifting climate conditions could worsen the effects of urbanization on native wildlife communities, such that conservation strategies should seek to mitigate the combined effects of a warming and urbanizing world.

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