With an increasing collective awareness of the rapid environmental changes, questions and theories regarding the adaptability of organisms are emerging. Global warming as well as chemical and non-chemical pollution have been identified as triggers of these adaptative changes, but can we link different kinds of stressors to certain phenotypic traits? The physiological adaptation, and particularly endocrine system adaptation, of living beings to urban environments is a fascinating way of studying urban endocrinology, which has emerged as a research field in 2007. In this paper, we stress how endocrine disruption in humans and environment can be studied in the urban environment by measuring the levels of pollution, endocrine activities or adversity. We broaden the focus to include not only exposure to the chemicals that have invaded our private spheres and their effects on wild and domestic species but also non-chemical effectors such as light, noise and climate change. We argue that taking into account the various urban stress factors and their effects on the endocrine system would enable the adoption of new approaches to protect living organisms.

随着人们对快速环境变化的集体意识不断增强，有关生物体适应性的问题和理论不断出现。全球变暖以及化学和非化学污染已被确定为这些适应性变化的触发因素，但我们能否将不同类型的压力源与某些表型特征联系起来？生物对城市环境的生理适应，特别是内分泌系统的适应，是研究城市内分泌学的一种有趣的方式，它于 2007 年成为一个研究领域。在本文中，我们强调人类和环境中的内分泌干扰如何通过测量污染、内分泌活动或逆境的水平来研究城市环境。我们扩大了关注范围，不仅包括接触侵入我们私人领域的化学物质及其对野生和家养物种的影响，还包括光、噪音和气候变化等非化学效应。我们认为，考虑到各种城市压力因素及其对内分泌系统的影响将有助于采用新方法来保护生物体。