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New Lit Alert: Phenotypic variation along urban-to-rural gradients: an attempt to disentangle the mechanisms at play using the alien species Matricaria discoidea (Asteraceae)
Phenotypic variation along urban-to-rural gradients: an attempt to disentangle the mechanisms at play using the alien species Matricaria discoidea (Asteraceae) C Geron, JJ Lembrechts, R Hamdi, J Berckmans, I Nijs, A Monty Abstract Cities often exhibit higher temperatures, drier soils…
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Urban Observation: Why did the pheasant cross the road?
A couple of weeks ago in Detroit, a ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) was spotted crossing a major urban road, seemingly to get to a nearby park! Although the details of this individual are hard to see in the photo, the…
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New Lit Alert: High incidence of leg autonomy in urban crickets
High incidence of leg autonomy in urban crickets T Kuriwada, S Shindome, Y Tomita, M Kawanishi Abstract Predation is an important selection pressure affecting animals. Predation has both consumptive and non-lethal effects. Because it is often difficult to estimate the…
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New Lit Alert: Cat colonies and flight initiation distances of urban birds: Dealing with conflicting sources of citizen wellbeing
Cat colonies and flight initiation distances of urban birds: Dealing with conflicting sources of citizen wellbeing Mario Díaz, Jonatan Fernández, Alicia Page Abstract Feral cat colonies in cities improve the wellbeing of people who feed and care for them, but…
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Clinging & climbing & claws, oh my: morphology performance in urban lizards
The common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) offers a great opportunity to study how humans are influencing the course of evolution. These lizards have a large native range, covering much of Southern Europe, but are also successfully established in many places,…
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Urban Wildlife in Albuquerque
Check out this video of Zoë Rossman discussing the vibrant and diverse wildlife in Albuquerque, New Mexico! The City Nature Challenge is an annual competition among hundreds of international cities to increase awareness of urban biodiversity. Last year’s challenge totaled…
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New Lit Alert: Future directions in urban endocrinology – the effects of endocrine plasticity on urban tolerance
Future directions in urban endocrinology – the effects of endocrine plasticity on urban tolerance Frances Bonier Abstract After twenty years of studies of endocrine traits in animals living in cities, the field of urban endocrinology has built a robust literature…
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New Lit Alert: Harnessing soil biodiversity to promote human health in cities
Harnessing soil biodiversity to promote human health in cities X Sun, C Liddicoat, A Tiunov, B Wang, Y Zhang, C Lu, Z Li, S Scheu, MF Breed, S Geisen, YG Zhu Abstract Biodiversity is widely linked to human health, however,…
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