Evolution in an Urbanizing World
Following the plenary at IUWC 2019, this session focused on integrating urban ecology research with community engagement. The speakers here built on some of the ideas expressed by Chris Schell previously on this site. Pigeons & Passers-by Elizabeth Carlen, an editor for this blog and PhD student in the Biological Sciences department at Fordham University... Continue Reading →
This session included three very different community science projects--from otters in Singapore to cats around the world! Otters! Philip Johns, of Yale-NUS College, studies the foraging behaviors in urban smooth-coated otters in Singapore. Singapore is very urban, and all of its waterways are highly modified--similar to those in Los Angeles. Despite this, about 18 families... Continue Reading →
Raptors are making a comeback in cities around the world, thanks to the discontinuation of DDT. We've highlighted raptors including Red-tailed Hawks and Peregrine Falcons previously in our Urban Observation of the Week. Within cities, pigeon and rat populations provide ample food and researchers in many cities are investigating what resources and landscape variables dictate... Continue Reading →
Upstate New York has a deer overabundance problem. The subject of conservation efforts after hunters nearly wiped them out in the 1800s and released from predation pressure, deer population numbers have exploded creating conflict with humans and putting important plant species under intense browsing pressure. Dr. Bernrd Blossey and Dr. Paul Curtis at Cornell University's... Continue Reading →
This is part two of a two part series from Carly Ziter and Karen Dyson, adapted from a recent paper we wrote as a “how to” guide to urban fieldwork on private land. In last week's post Fieldwork on Urban Private Property: Getting Started, we talked about how to get started with fieldwork on urban private... Continue Reading →
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