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Urbanization takes a bigger toll on bird diversity in the tropics than it does at other latitudes, study finds

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Urbanization takes a bigger toll on bird diversity in the tropics than it does at other latitudes, study finds
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Researchers at McGill University have found that urbanization is weakening one of Earth's most enduring ecological patterns: the tendency for biodiversity to increase toward the tropics, a pattern known as the latitudinal diversity gradient.

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