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Abiotic and biotic urban drivers
Abiotic	Characterization of the urban environment/habitat and disturbances	16
	Within-habitat heterogeneity, forest-edge effect	4
	Climate and urban heat island effect	11
	Novel structures and surfaces	10
	Habitat homogenization	9
	Aquatic features and water availability	10
	Chemical and heavy metal pollution	11
Biotic	Traits aiding invasion	21
	Dispersal between urban areas	5
	Impoverished community structure and biotic homogenization	26
	Biotic interactions, established animal and plant non-native species	16
	Biotic resistance and relaxed predation pressure	9
Abiotic/biotic	Availability of breeding sites	11
	Introduction pathways, dispersal between cities	19
	Anthropogenic resources	13

Other discussion topics
Discussion topic	N studies cited

Non-native animal species, biotic invasions and management strategies	13
Environmental, social, health and economic impacts of biotic animal invasions	33
Non-native animal species associations with urban landscapes	12

Abiotic and biotic urban drivers

Abiotic/biotic

Discussion topic

N studies cited

Abiotic

Characterization of the urban environment/habitat and disturbances

Within-habitat heterogeneity, forest-edge effect

Climate and urban heat island effect

Novel structures and surfaces

Habitat homogenization

Aquatic features and water availability

Chemical and heavy metal pollution

Biotic

Traits aiding invasion

Dispersal between urban areas

Impoverished community structure and biotic homogenization

Biotic interactions, established animal and plant non-native species

Biotic resistance and relaxed predation pressure

Abiotic/biotic

Availability of breeding sites

Introduction pathways, dispersal between cities

Anthropogenic resources

Other discussion topics

Discussion topic

N studies cited

Non-native animal species, biotic invasions and management strategies

Environmental, social, health and economic impacts of biotic animal invasions

Non-native animal species associations with urban landscapes

Abiotic and biotic urban drivers
Abiotic	Characterization of the urban environment/habitat and disturbances	16
	Within-habitat heterogeneity, forest-edge effect	4
	Climate and urban heat island effect	11
	Novel structures and surfaces	10
	Habitat homogenization	9
	Aquatic features and water availability	10
	Chemical and heavy metal pollution	11
Biotic	Traits aiding invasion	21
	Dispersal between urban areas	5
	Impoverished community structure and biotic homogenization	26
	Biotic interactions, established animal and plant non-native species	16
	Biotic resistance and relaxed predation pressure	9
Abiotic/biotic	Availability of breeding sites	11
	Introduction pathways, dispersal between cities	19
	Anthropogenic resources	13

Other discussion topics
Discussion topic	N studies cited

Non-native animal species, biotic invasions and management strategies	13
Environmental, social, health and economic impacts of biotic animal invasions	33
Non-native animal species associations with urban landscapes	12

Table 2.

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List of abiotic and biotic drivers with implications for introduction and establishment of non-native animals, and other review discussion topics, and organization of synthesized arguments from reviewed literature and studies cited per discussion topic. A number of studies were cited in multiple sections

Abiotic and biotic urban drivers
Abiotic/biotic	Discussion topic	N studies cited
Abiotic	Characterization of the urban environment/habitat and disturbances	16
	Within-habitat heterogeneity, forest-edge effect	4
	Climate and urban heat island effect	11
	Novel structures and surfaces	10
	Habitat homogenization	9
	Aquatic features and water availability	10
	Chemical and heavy metal pollution	11
Biotic	Traits aiding invasion	21
	Dispersal between urban areas	5
	Impoverished community structure and biotic homogenization	26
	Biotic interactions, established animal and plant non-native species	16
	Biotic resistance and relaxed predation pressure	9
Abiotic/biotic	Availability of breeding sites	11
	Introduction pathways, dispersal between cities	19
	Anthropogenic resources	13

Other discussion topics
Discussion topic		N studies cited

Non-native animal species, biotic invasions and management strategies		13
Environmental, social, health and economic impacts of biotic animal invasions		33
Non-native animal species associations with urban landscapes		12

Abiotic and biotic urban drivers
Abiotic/biotic	Discussion topic	N studies cited
Abiotic	Characterization of the urban environment/habitat and disturbances	16
	Within-habitat heterogeneity, forest-edge effect	4
	Climate and urban heat island effect	11
	Novel structures and surfaces	10
	Habitat homogenization	9
	Aquatic features and water availability	10
	Chemical and heavy metal pollution	11
Biotic	Traits aiding invasion	21
	Dispersal between urban areas	5
	Impoverished community structure and biotic homogenization	26
	Biotic interactions, established animal and plant non-native species	16
	Biotic resistance and relaxed predation pressure	9
Abiotic/biotic	Availability of breeding sites	11
	Introduction pathways, dispersal between cities	19
	Anthropogenic resources	13

Other discussion topics
Discussion topic		N studies cited

Non-native animal species, biotic invasions and management strategies		13
Environmental, social, health and economic impacts of biotic animal invasions		33
Non-native animal species associations with urban landscapes		12

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