When a wall is painted over many times, it will start to have layers peel off. These cracks in the paint apparently make a great hideout for anoles.
In Gainesville, there is a popular wall for graffiti and painting. Layers upon layers of paint have built up over the years and while on a walk, I noticed native green anoles living in crevices of chunks of peeling paint. Invasive brown anoles were nearby on the ground. pic.twitter.com/v36se3bnTM
— Ashley Meade Kusel (@ecologistash) January 4, 2021
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I'm a recent graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University in the Integrative Life Science Doctoral Program. Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in Dr. Marc Johnson's EvoEco Lab at the University of Toronto Mississauga.
I am interested in urban ecology and evolution. Urbanization can have drastic impacts on local ecosystems, both negative and positive, and creates a new environment for organisms to experience. To understand the impacts that urbanization plays on organisms, I look through the lense of population genetics and molecular evolution.
I am interested in urban ecology and evolution. Urbanization can have drastic impacts on local ecosystems, both negative and positive, and creates a new environment for organisms to experience. To understand the impacts that urbanization plays on organisms, I look through the lense of population genetics and molecular evolution.
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