@article {53245,
	title = {An increase in song pitch of eastern great tits (Parus minor) in response to urban noise at Seoul, Korea},
	journal = {Urban Ecosystems},
	year = {2018},
	month = {May-10-2019},
	abstract = {<p>Anthropogenic noise may mask effective vocal signal transmission by birds, particularly in notes occurring in lower frequencies. Previous studies have shown a correlation of increased urban noise levels, higher minimum frequency, and lowered bandwidth in Great Tit song (Parus major). We therefore studied the effect of urban noise pollution on the song characteristics of the closely related Eastern Great Tit (EGTs, Parus minor) at Hongneung experimental forests (HEFs) in the metropolitan urban of Seoul, Korea. We analysed the song characteristics of breeding territories of EGTS in total 13 individuals recorded including four individuals at high noise group. EGTs singing in noisier locations exhibited higher minimum \&amp; maximum frequency, and lower note \&amp; strophe length, and higher bandwidth, replicating the different findings of Great Tits. This data also suggests that several individuals at high noise location exhibited a non-typical song type indicative of structural adaptation to higher noise levels. Although the mechanisms of these correlations are as yet undetermined, it is likely that behavioural plasticity may play a role of vocal signal adaption in an increasingly urbanizing Korea.</p>
},
	keywords = {behavioural plasticity, Hongneung experimental forests, Urbanization},
	issn = {1083-8155},
	doi = {10.1007/s11252-018-0809-z},
	url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11252-018-0809-z},
	author = {Lee, Catherine and Park, Chan Ryul}
}
@article {47328,
	title = {Habitat- and matrix-related differences in species diversity and trait richness of vascular plants, Orthoptera and Lepidoptera in an urban landscape},
	journal = {Urban Ecosystems},
	year = {2017},
	month = {Jan-04-2018},
	abstract = {Urban growth is considered to be a major driver of environmental change. Urbanisation can affect urban biodiversity in different ways. So far, most studies focused on the impact of urbanisation on single taxa in one habitat type. In this study, we used data of species inventories and GIS-based landscape elements to examine the effects of habitat size and landscape composition on the species diversity of three taxonomic groups (vascular plants, Orthoptera and Lepidoptera) in meadows and ruderal sites in the urban region of Basel, Switzerland. We also related the responses of three species traits (body size, dispersal ability and food specialisation) to habitat size in Orthoptera and Lepidoptera. We found that species of the different taxonomic groups differed in their response to habitat size and landscape composition both in meadows and ruderal sites depending on the traits examined. The species richness of Orthoptera and Lepidoptera was positively related to meadow size but not to the size of ruderal sites, while the opposite was true for plants. For Lepidoptera in ruderal sites, the percentage cover of ruderal area in the closer surroundings was a better predictor of species richness than habitat size per se. To sustain high levels of urban biodiversity, we recommend that urban planners develop adequate management strategies to satisfy the different requirements of various taxonomic groups and to increase the quality of green sites surrounding the target habitat.},
	keywords = {Butterflies, grasshoppers, plant functional richness, species{\textendash}area relationship, urbanisation},
	issn = {1083-8155},
	doi = {10.1007/s11252-017-0662-5},
	url = {http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11252-017-0662-5},
	author = {Melliger, Ramona Laila and Rusterholz, Hans-Peter and Baur, Bruno}
}
