Phoenix is losing birds, but desert plants provided by homeowners offer habitat for desert species
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 - 15:50
in Biology & Nature
A persistent question among urban ecology researchers has been the long-term impact of urbanization on bird species biodiversity. Specifically, they wonder whether the portions of cities with higher diversity are simply exhibiting an "extinction debt—populations doomed to extinction but not yet disappeared—or if other factors such as range shifts or local environmental changes play a role in changes in diversity.