New Lit Alert: Parallel Signatures of Diet Adaptation in the Invasive Common Myna Genome

Parallel Signatures of Diet Adaptation in the Invasive Common Myna Genome Kamolphat Atsawawaranunt, Katarina C. Stuart, Annabel Whibley, Kyle M. Ewart, Richard E. Major, Rebecca N. Johnson, Anna W. Santure Abstract Invasive species offer uniquely replicated model systems to study rapid adaptation. The common myna (Acridotheres tristis) has been introduced to over a dozen countries and is classified as one of... Continue Reading →

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SICB 2025: The Impact of Urban Heat Islands and Wetlands on Avian Diversity

The shrinkage of natural landscapes with increased urbanization causes substantial shifts in ecosystems, particularly a decrease in bird diversity. Understanding the interactions between the urban heat island (UHI) effect, urban wetlands, and bird diversity is crucial to conserving biodiversity. Advised by Kristin Winchell, New York University undergraduate researcher Emerald Lin presented her poster at SICB... Continue Reading →

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New Lit Alert: Effects of urbanisation, habitat characteristics, and management on garden pond biodiversity: Findings from a large-scale citizen science survey

Effects of urbanisation, habitat characteristics, and management on garden pond biodiversity: Findings from a large-scale citizen science survey Zsuzsanna Márton, Barbara Barta, Csaba F. Vad, Beáta Szabó, Andrew J. Hamer, Vivien Kardos, Csilla Laskai, Ádám Fierpasz & Zsófia Horváth Abstract The rapid expansion of urban areas often leads to degradation, fragmentation, and loss of natural habitats, threatening biodiversity. While urban ponds might contribute substantially to the biodiversity of urban blue-green infrastructure, the... Continue Reading →

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SICB 2025: January 7th Summary

Be sure to check out today’s Urban Evolution talks and posters at SICB! TimeRoom/Poster #TitleAuthors8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.A601Gene expression responses to drought conditions in two imperiled darter speciesPowell, C.A.; Westerman, E.L.; Hofmann, H.A.; Ter, Y.; Magoulick, D.; Findley, K.8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.A601Effects of habitat characteristics on spatial distribution and fitness of collared lizardsReifeiss,... Continue Reading →

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SICB 2025: January 6th Summary

Be sure to check out today’s Urban Evolution talks and posters at SICB! TimeRoom/Poster #TitleAuthors8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.A707Rethinking enemy release: sex-specific infection risk and urban influences in House Sparrow populationsMcCain, K.M.; Martin, L.; Schrey, A.; Kohl, K.; Sheldon, E.; Mansilla, G.; Dor, R.; Jensen, H.; Soraker, J.; Mathot, K.; Vu, T.; Jimeno, B.; Buchanan,... Continue Reading →

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SICB 2025: January 5th Summary

Be sure to check out today’s Urban Evolution talks and posters at SICB! TimeRoom/Poster #TitleAuthors8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.International Salon 5Climbing performance in urban and natural populations of green anoles and an introduced competitorHanden, M.; Philips, M.; Garner, A.M.8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.International Salon 5Parasites, Fungi, and the Skin Microbiome: Disease Dynamics of Urban Gray... Continue Reading →

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SICB 2025: January 4th Summary

Be sure to check out today’s Urban Evolution talks and posters at SICB! TimeRoom/Poster #TitleAuthors8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.Marquis AIntroduction to the symposium: Cities as a natural experimentAlaasam, V.; Snead, A;, Winchell, K.8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.Marquis ADoes urban life and small population size lead to accumulation of deleterious mutations?Caizergues, A.E.8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.Marquis... Continue Reading →

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Reminder: Urban Evolution at SICB 2025!

Remember to check out all the incredible research on urban systems at SICB this year! Email Kristin if you’d like to contribute to the blog by covering one of these talks or posters. DayTimeRoom/Poster #TitleAuthorsJan 48:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.Marquis AIntroduction to the symposium: Cities as a natural experimentAlaasam, V.; Snead, A;, Winchell, K.Jan 48:15 a.m. –... Continue Reading →

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Urban Evolution at SICB 2025

The annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) is here! From January 3-7 biologists will convene in Atlanta, Georgia to share the latest and greatest from a broad range of research areas. Urban evolution talks have a strong showing at the meeting this year, and we would like to hear about all of... Continue Reading →

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New Lit Alert: City lights, moonlit nights: examining bat responses to urbanization and lunar cycles

City lights, moonlit nights: examining bat responses to urbanization and lunar cycles Claysson de Aguiar Silva & Ludmilla M. S. Aguiar  Abstract Urbanization is one of the most abrupt mechanisms of land use change. This process can generate significant impacts on biodiversity, and its effects on bat activity patterns need further exploration due to the importance... Continue Reading →

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New Lit Alert: Body size and survival of urban and rural populations of a common wolf spider are not influenced by lifelong exposure to lead pollution 

Body size and survival of urban and rural populations of a common wolf spider are not influenced by lifelong exposure to lead pollution  Lucy Guarnieri, Leo Taylor, P. Larry Phelan & Mary Margaret Gardiner  Abstract Heavy metal pollution is pervasive in urban soils, and it can negatively impact the fitness of arthropods. Arthropod populations can evolve to... Continue Reading →

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New Lit Alert: Signatures of local adaptation and maladaptation to future climate in wild Zizania latifolia

Signatures of local adaptation and maladaptation to future climate in wild Zizania latifolia Yang Zou, Weidong Yang, Ruxue Zhang & Xinwei Xu  Abstract Global climate change poses challenges to agricultural production and food security. Assessing the adaptive capacity of crop wild relatives to future climate is important for protecting key germplasm resources and breeding new crops. We performed population genomics,... Continue Reading →

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New Lit Alert: Big cities, big bodies: urbanisation correlates with large body sizes and enhanced body condition in African dwarf chameleons (Genus: Bradypodion)

Big cities, big bodies: urbanisation correlates with large body sizes and enhanced body condition in African dwarf chameleons (Genus: Bradypodion) Jody M. Barends & Krystal A. Tolley Abstract Urbanisation is a major driver of habitat transformation that alters the environmental conditions and selective regimes of the habitats where it occurs. For species inhabiting urban habitats, such... Continue Reading →

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