Bird‐mediated ecosystem services and disservices in cities and towns All cities are home to birds, which, through their activities, can either enhance or detract from human well-being. To identify such interactions, we synthesize current understanding of bird-mediated...

Birds are everywhere in our cities—but are they helping or hurting urban life?
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The paradox of balancing conservation efforts for Himalayan wolves and snow leopards (commentary) The Himalayan wolf (Canis lupus chanco) and snow leopard (Panthera uncia) are apex predators in alpine ecosystems. By controlling the numbers of meso-predators and herbivores, these top predators can ...

Snow leopards take the spotlight, wolves remain in the shadows. Conservation often backs the popular, not the essential. Ecosystems don’t run on charisma—time to rethink priorities.

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