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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…
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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…
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SICB 2025: January 7th Summary
Be sure to check out today’s Urban Evolution talks and posters at SICB! Time Room/Poster # Title Authors 8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. A601 Gene expression responses to drought conditions in two imperiled darter species Powell, C.A.; Westerman, E.L.; Hofmann,…
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SICB 2025: January 6th Summary
Be sure to check out today’s Urban Evolution talks and posters at SICB! Time Room/Poster # Title Authors 8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. A707 Rethinking enemy release: sex-specific infection risk and urban influences in House Sparrow populations McCain, K.M.; Martin,…
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SICB 2025: January 5th Summary
Be sure to check out today’s Urban Evolution talks and posters at SICB! Time Room/Poster # Title Authors 8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. International Salon 5 Climbing performance in urban and natural populations of green anoles and an introduced competitor…
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SICB 2025: January 4th Summary
Be sure to check out today’s Urban Evolution talks and posters at SICB! Time Room/Poster # Title Authors 8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m. Marquis A Introduction to the symposium: Cities as a natural experiment Alaasam, V.; Snead, A;, Winchell, K.…
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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. Day Time Room/Poster # Title Authors Jan 4 8:00…
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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…
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