Oriol Lapiedra

TL;DR: It is presented both theoretical and empirical arguments to show that behavioural adjustments to urban habitats are widespread and that they may potentially be important in facilitating resource use, avoiding disturbances and enhancing communication.

TL;DR: It is shown that although random processes account for part of the species loss associated with urbanisation, much of the loss is associated with a lack of appropriate adaptations of most species for exploiting resources and avoiding risks of the urban environments.

TL;DR: These reconstructions of evolutionary trajectories are consistent with the hypothesis that larger brains (relative to body size) evolved when the species invaded more seasonal regions and provide strong empirical support for the association between large brains and environmental variability.

TL;DR: It is found that selection predictably favors different risk-taking behaviors under different treatments: Exploratory behavior isavored in the absence of predators, whereas avoidance of the ground is favored in their presence.

TL;DR: Investigating whether different behavioral traits allow animals to deal with two major components of global change: urbanization and biological invasions provides evidence that differences in animal personalities facilitate the persistence of animals under novel selective regimes by producing adaptive behaviors relevant to their ecology such as predator avoidance.