Turlier, Charlotte (2024) What mechanisms underlie observed population responses to the Urban Heat Island effect in urban species? Master's Thesis / Essay, Ecology and Evolution.
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Abstract
Since the 1950s, the number of people living in towns and cities has increased from 0.75 billion, to over 4.22 billion globally (Kundu & Pandey, 2020). This increasing growth of urban environments is often termed ‘Urbanisation’. Urbanisation can be characterised mainly by landuse change, from ‘natural’ environments, to those modified for human habitation and employment. Human population density is often used as a proxy of general urbanisation in an area (Gaston, 2010), and it is estimated that urban area cover of cities with populations greater than 100 000 will more than double in size between 2000 and 2030 (Angel et al., 2005). Furthermore, the global human urban population now exceeds that of the rural population (Seto et al., 2017) and this proportion is expected to grow further. Urbanisation is characterised by loss of natural vegetation, increased artificial materials, and increased human presence. This increasing urbanisation is accompanied by many other biotic and abiotic changes, which can have many impacts on species interactions with their environment and interspecies interactions.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master's Thesis / Essay) |
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| Supervisor name: | Nicolaus, M. |
| Degree programme: | Ecology and Evolution |
| Thesis type: | Master's Thesis / Essay |
| Language: | English |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Aug 2024 09:37 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Aug 2024 09:37 |
| URI: | https://fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/34024 |
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