Author: Kevin Aviles-Rodriguez
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New Lit Alert: Cryptic eco-evolutionary feedback in the city: Urban evolution of prey dampens the effect of urban evolution of the predator
Cryptic eco-evolutionary feedback in the city: Urban evolution of prey dampens the effect of urban evolution of the predator Kristien I. Brans, Nedim Tüzün,…
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New Lit Alert: Unexpected dispersal of Australian brush-turkeys (Alectura lathami) in an urban landscape
Unexpected dispersal of Australian brush-turkeys (Alectura lathami) in an urban landscape MATTHEW J. HALL, JOHN M. MARTIN, ALICIA L. BURNS, AND DIETER F. HOCHULI…
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New Lit Alert: Activity patterns and behavior of Myocastor coypus in a gated community in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Activity patterns and behavior of Myocastor coypus in a gated community in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires (Argentina) Magdalena Salas, Julio C Hernandez-Hernandez,…
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New Lit Alert: Effects of urbanization on the trophic niche of the brown anole, a widespread invasive lizard
Effects of urbanization on the trophic niche of the brown anole, a widespread invasive lizard Zachary A.Chejanovski, Sean T.Giery, Jason J.Kolbe Abstract Urbanization is…
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Do hurricanes rock lizards harder in the city?
Hurricanes can shape ecosystems, but little is known about how they affect urban populations. This study compared 3 urban and forest sites in Puerto…
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SEEP: Integrating society, ecology, evolution, and plasticity to advance urban evolutionary ecology
In the first SEEP workshop urban evolutionary ecologists discussed collaborations with the network of Long Term Ecological Research Stations (LTER) to integrate human socio-cultural…
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New Lit Alert: Linking genetic structure, landscape genetics, and species distribution modeling for regional conservation of a threatened freshwater turtle
Linking genetic structure, landscape genetics, and species distribution modeling for regional conservation of a threatened freshwater turtle Eric M. McCluskey, Vijay Lulla, William E.…
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New Lit Alert: Downtown diet: a global meta-analysis of increased urbanization on the diets of vertebrate predators
Downtown diet: a global meta-analysis of increased urbanization on the diets of vertebrate predators Siria Gámez, Abigail Potts, Kirby L. Mills, Aurelia A. Allen,…
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New Lit Alert: No evidence for innate differences in tadpole behavior between natural, urbanized, and invasive populations
No evidence for innate differences in tadpole behavior between natural, urbanized, and invasive populations Max Mühlenhaupt, James Baxter-Gilbert, Buyisile G. Makhubo, Julia L. Riley…
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A New Hope for Urban Pit Building Insects
A pit-fall is only as good as the location is deployed. Cities can provide large shaded areas with a layer of soil suitable for…
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City Lizards Hold Their Footing Against a Category 5 Hurricane
Although species will face the challenges of ongoing urbanization and extreme climate events, we know very little about how these disturbances interact. For example,…
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Juggling a Junk Food Diet: Urban Birds Go on a Diet on Weekends Due to Less Availability of Junk Food
Have you ever found yourself wishing that the cafeteria was opened on weekends? Well apparently so have the birds! Read on to find out…
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Skirting Skinks: Are Lizards Learning to Live Among Humans?
You can’t live near humans if you’re afraid. Fleeing constantly can be very costly, so generally animals near humans tend to become accustomed to…
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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…
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No city for shy dog: Urban coyote are bold and explore more
Coyote have widely colonized every mayor city in the United States. A new study asks what behaviors urban coyotes exhibit and what this might…