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IUWC 2019: Urban Bats
If you live in a city you may not realize that urban populations of bats are all around you. But Liza Lehrer and Shannon Pederson, who work on urban bats, know that bats are common in cities, even if you…
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IUWC 2019: Opening Plenary – Collaboration & Conservation, Applications to Urban Wildlife
The International Urban Wildlife Conference kicked off Monday morning in Portland, OR with a Plenary Session titled “Collaboration and Conservation: Applications to Urban Wildlife” featuring talks by Dr. Chris Schell, Deeohn Ferris, and Bob Sallaniger followed by a panel discussion.…
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Claws in the City
I’m excited to share an update on my foray into urban ecology and evolution research as an undergraduate! I’ve been working in the Revell Lab at the University of Massachusetts Boston since my freshman year. I’ve reported here before about…
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International Urban Wildlife Conference 2019 – See you there?
The 2019 International Urban Wildlife Conference will take place in Portland, Oregon from June 2nd-5th. This meeting is a great chance to connect with other scientists studying urban evolution and hear about the wide range of research that is being…
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Proc. B Special Issue: Invasive Grass in Urban Areas
This post is part of our series covering the large number of urban evolution manuscripts that were published in August 2018 in the special issue “The Evolution of City Life” in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Urbanization…
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Call for Submissions: Evolution in Urban Environments
We invite contributions to a special feature on evolution in urban environments to be published in Evolutionary Applications in 2020. Instructions on how to be considered for this special feature are provided below. Urban areas are among the fastest growing ecosystems…
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Even Low Intensity Urbanization Can Influence Evolution
A recent article published in Conservation Genetics by Gizelle Hurtado and Karen Mabry found that even low levels of urbanization can influence genetic structure of Merriam’s kangaroo rat. Researchers collected the kangaroo rats from Las Cruces, NM in 5 urban…
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Concrete Escape: Increased Wariness of Anoles when Escaping from Cement Walls
This week we are cross-posting from Anole Annals. Check out the original post here. Fig. 1. Anoles perched on various manmade surfaces Lizards in the city are everywhere! Often you see them on buildings, statues, benches and other objects (Fig…
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