Species‐ and sex‐dependent changes in body size between 1892 and 2017, and recent biochemical signatures in rural and urban populations of two ground beetle species

Keinath, Silvia; Frisch, Johannes; Müller, Johannes; Mayer, Frieder; Struck, Ulrich; Rödel, Mark‐Oliver

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“…Urban novel ecosystems are mostly not inhabited by the same biological community that had originally inhabited the site prior to urbanisation (Hobbs et al., 2013 ; McIntyre, 2000 ). However, indigenous species, that persist throughout the urbanisation process may adapt to novel urban ecosystems (Doudna & Danielson, 2015 ; Keinath et al., 2020 , 2021 , 2023 ; Niemeier et al., 2020 ; Van't Hof et al., 2011 ), and co‐occur with those species that invade urban areas after the habitat alternation provides them with suitable ecological conditions. Other species, on the other hand, are not able to cope with these changes and are extirpated from urban areas (Hahs et al., 2009 ; Magle et al., 2010 ).…”

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High levels of species' extirpation in an urban environment—A case study from Berlin, Germany, covering 1700–2023

Keinath,

De Silva,

Sommerwerk

et al. 2024

Ecology and Evolution

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Species loss is highly scale‐dependent, following the species–area relationship. We analysed spatio‐temporal patterns of species' extirpation on a multitaxonomic level using Berlin, the capital city of Germany. Berlin is one of the largest cities in Europe and has experienced a strong urbanisation trend since the late nineteenth century. We expected species' extirpation to be exceptionally high due to the long history of urbanisation. Analysing 37 regional Red Lists of Threatened Plants, Animals and Fungi of Berlin (covering 9498 species), we found that 16% of species were extirpated, a rate 5.9 times higher than at the German scale and 47.1 times higher than at the European scale. Species' extirpation in Berlin is comparable to that of another German city with a similarly broad taxonomic coverage, but much higher than in regional areas with less human impact. The documentation of species' extirpation started in the eighteenth century and is well documented for the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We found an average annual extirpation of 3.6 species in the nineteenth century, 9.6 species in the twentieth century and the same number of extirpated species as in the nineteenth century were documented in the twenty‐first century, despite the much shorter time period. Our results showed that species' extirpation is higher at small than on large spatial scales, and might be negatively influenced by urbanisation, with different effects on different taxonomic groups and habitats. Over time, we found that species' extirpation is highest during periods of high human alterations and is negatively affected by the number of people living in the city. But, there is still a lack of data to decouple the size of the area and the human impact of urbanisation. However, cities might be suitable systems for studying species' extirpation processes due to their small scale and human impact.

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High levels of species' extirpation in an urban environment—A case study from Berlin, Germany, covering 1700–2023

Keinath,

De Silva,

Sommerwerk

et al. 2024

Ecology and Evolution

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Species‐ and sex‐dependent changes in body size between 1892 and 2017, and recent biochemical signatures in rural and urban populations of two ground beetle species

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High levels of species' extirpation in an urban environment—A case study from Berlin, Germany, covering 1700–2023

High levels of species' extirpation in an urban environment—A case study from Berlin, Germany, covering 1700–2023

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