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    • Beta diversity of urban floras among European and non-European cities 

      La Sorte, Frank A.; Aronson, Myla F.J.; Williams, Nicholas S.G.; Cilliers, Sarel; Siebert, Stefan (Wiley, 2014)
      Aim Cities represent an ideal study system for assessing how intensive land-use change and biotic interchange have altered beta diversity at broad geographic extents. Here we test the hypothesis that floras in cities ...

    • A global analysis of the impacts of urbanization on bird and plant diversity reveals key anthropogenic drivers 

      Aronson, Myla F.J.; La Sorte, Frank A.; Nilon, Charles H.; Cilliers, Sarel; Siebert, Stefan (The Royal Society, 2014)
      Urbanization contributes to the loss of the world's biodiversity and the homogenization of its biota. However, comparative studies of urban biodiversity leading to robust generalities of the status and drivers of biodiversity ...

    • Hierarchical filters determine community assembly of urban species pools 

      Aronson, Myla F.J.; Cilliers, Sarel S.; Nilon, Charles H.; Lepczyk, Christopher A.; Parker, Tommy S. (ESA, 2016)
      The majority of humanity now lives in cities or towns, with this proportion expected to continue increasing for the foreseeable future. As novel ecosystems, urban areas offer an ideal opportunity to examine multi-scalar ...

    • Planning for the future of urban biodiversity: a global review of city-scale initiatives 

      Nilon, Charles H.; Cilliers, Sarel S.; Aronson, Myla F.J.; Dobbs, Cynnamon; Frazee, Lauren J. (AIBS, 2017)
      Cities represent considerable opportunities for forwarding global biodiversity and sustainability goals. We developed key attributes for conserving biodiversity and for ecosystem services that should be included in ...