Milestones and more
In 2019 we hit a lot of milestones. We turned 1 year old. We were featured in several major news outlets, including as a News Feature in PNAS, the Wildlife Society, and Wired Magazine! We reached over 13,000 visits since starting from (almost) every corner of the globe (we’re looking at you, Antarctica!). We welcomed new contributors and covered several major conferences, including SICB, IUWC, and Evolution. Here’s some additional highlights from 2019, starting with a wordcloud of all of the posts from 2019:
Top tweets of 2019
1. Karen Dyson and Carly Ziter who helped us learn how to conduct research on private property. This was our most-liked tweet of the year.
Thinking about conducting research on private property for #UrbanEcology & #UrbanEvolution research? @carlyziter & @_kdyson have put together a wonderfully thorough guide to get you started: https://t.co/mMTUZZMTng
— Life In The City: Urban Evolution (@LITC_urbanevo) March 4, 2019
2. Kristin Winchell summarized a recent paper about adaptation in urban mammals.
What traits do #urban #mammals have to make them well suited for cities? https://t.co/WLj6rWTBYV
— Life In The City: Urban Evolution (@LITC_urbanevo) February 11, 2019
3. Our call for papers for an Evolutionary Applications special issue on urban evolution. Look for this issue to come out in 2020.
***CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS***
Special issue of Evolutionary Applications edited by @evoecolab @E_Carlen @lindsay_s_miles @Kmwinchell on urban evolution. Looking for diverse contributions. Read more about it & consider submitting an abstract! https://t.co/xyjRA1Mz7n. RT & share! pic.twitter.com/S6aQ941yuT— Life In The City: Urban Evolution (@LITC_urbanevo) April 30, 2019
4. Urban evolution research was highlighted in PNAS.
"Urban living can pressure flora & fauna to adapt in intriguing ways. Biologists are starting to take advantage of this convenient laboratory of evolution." New @PNASNews article discusses #UrbanEvolution research https://t.co/gKTaNmeHhP
— Life In The City: Urban Evolution (@LITC_urbanevo) February 22, 2019
5. So many urban evolutionary biologists are on twitter! Check them out and give them a follow to learn about all the exciting research they’re doing.
Check out the ever growing list of graduate students studying #UrbanEvolution:@CaizerguesAude@KristinPJT@Naty_Fedorova @Raccoonologist@JS_Santangelo@SophieBreitbart @dmurraystoker@Jia0qu@PlantCityEvo@SpoutsofFacts@VeroIarrachtai@chickadeehee@PutterT@sb_huddy
— Life In The City: Urban Evolution (@LITC_urbanevo) September 11, 2019
Cheers to another great year, we look forward to spending 2020 with you!
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