Research has provided considerable evidence that temperature significantly influences species biology. Its influence is so great that climate corridors have been proposed to assist species in tracking their climatic niche at macroecological scales, reinforcing the importance of accounting for this variable at all scales to address the climatic threat to biodiversity. This threat is exacerbated in cities where artificialization enhances the effect of climate change, to the extent that urban temperatures are a public health concern, with heatwaves causing excess human mortality and having a stark impact on biodiversity. Recent developments in climate monitoring networks enable characterizing the spatiotemporal structure of urban climates in ever greater detail, with many cities already equipped with such networks. The impact of temperature on biodiversity, on the same scale as these networks allows, has never been explored. Characterizing urban climate infrastructures and cool corridors, and thus thermal connectivity for species, would enrich and strengthen existing ecological infrastructures, on the basis of scientific evidence. In this perspective, we discuss how stronger collaborations between ecologists and climatologists could help leverage the full potential of urban climate monitoring networks. We highlight research opportunities they could offer in terms of studying the impact of urban climate on biodiversity and the efforts that need to be pursued to enable co‐designing and make interdisciplinary collaborations operational. Such interdisciplinary research on urban climate and its impact is all the more important that its outcomes can help better inform urban planning and mitigate the impacts of climate change on people and biodiversity.This article is categorized under: Climate and Development > Urbanization, Development, and Climate Change Assessing Impacts of Climate Change > Observed Impacts of Climate Change Climate, Ecology, and Conservation > Observed Ecological Changes

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可持续城市规划需要更强的跨学科性和更好的协同设计：生态学家和气候学家如何充分利用气候监测数据


研究提供了大量证据表明温度显着影响物种生物学。其影响如此之大，以至于有人提出气候走廊来帮助物种在宏观生态尺度上追踪其气候生态位，从而强调了在所有尺度上考虑这一变量以应对气候对生物多样性的威胁的重要性。在人工化加剧了气候变化影响的城市中，这种威胁更加严重，以至于城市温度成为一个公共卫生问题，热浪导致人类死亡率过高，并对生物多样性产生严重影响。气候监测网络的最新发展使得能够更详细地描述城市气候的时空结构，许多城市已经配备了此类网络。在这些网络允许的范围内，温度对生物多样性的影响从未被探索过。在科学证据的基础上，描述城市气候基础设施和凉爽走廊的特征，以及物种的热连通性，将丰富和加强现有的生态基础设施。从这个角度来看，我们讨论生态学家和气候学家之间加强合作如何帮助充分发挥城市气候监测网络的潜力。我们强调它们在研究城市气候对生物多样性的影响方面可以提供的研究机会，以及为实现共同设计和跨学科合作运作而需要做出的努力。这种关于城市气候及其影响的跨学科研究更加重要，因为其结果可以帮助更好地为城市规划提供信息并减轻气候变化对人类和生物多样性的影响。本文分类如下： 气候与发展 > 城市化、发展和气候变化 评估气候变化的影响 > 观察到的气候变化影响 > 观察到的生态变化