Be sure to check out today’s Urban Evolution talks and posters at SICB! TimeRoom/Poster #TitleAuthors8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.A601Gene expression responses to drought conditions in two imperiled darter speciesPowell, C.A.; Westerman, E.L.; Hofmann, H.A.; Ter, Y.; Magoulick, D.; Findley, K.8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.A601Effects of habitat characteristics on spatial distribution and fitness of collared lizardsReifeiss,... Continue Reading →
SICB 2025: January 6th Summary
Be sure to check out today’s Urban Evolution talks and posters at SICB! TimeRoom/Poster #TitleAuthors8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.A707Rethinking enemy release: sex-specific infection risk and urban influences in House Sparrow populationsMcCain, K.M.; Martin, L.; Schrey, A.; Kohl, K.; Sheldon, E.; Mansilla, G.; Dor, R.; Jensen, H.; Soraker, J.; Mathot, K.; Vu, T.; Jimeno, B.; Buchanan,... Continue Reading →
SICB 2025: January 5th Summary
Be sure to check out today’s Urban Evolution talks and posters at SICB! TimeRoom/Poster #TitleAuthors8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.International Salon 5Climbing performance in urban and natural populations of green anoles and an introduced competitorHanden, M.; Philips, M.; Garner, A.M.8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.International Salon 5Parasites, Fungi, and the Skin Microbiome: Disease Dynamics of Urban Gray... Continue Reading →
SICB 2025: January 4th Summary
Be sure to check out today’s Urban Evolution talks and posters at SICB! TimeRoom/Poster #TitleAuthors8:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.Marquis AIntroduction to the symposium: Cities as a natural experimentAlaasam, V.; Snead, A;, Winchell, K.8:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.Marquis ADoes urban life and small population size lead to accumulation of deleterious mutations?Caizergues, A.E.8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.Marquis... Continue Reading →
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. DayTimeRoom/Poster #TitleAuthorsJan 48:00 a.m. – 8:15 a.m.Marquis AIntroduction to the symposium: Cities as a natural experimentAlaasam, V.; Snead, A;, Winchell, K.Jan 48:15 a.m. –... Continue Reading →
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 showing at the meeting this year, and we would like to hear about all of... Continue Reading →
SICB 2023: January 7th Summary
Be sure to check out today's Urban Evolution talks and posters at SICB! TimeRoomTitleAuthors9:30 - 9:45 AMLonestar BNesting near noise and light-filled nights: The fitness consequences of combined sensory pollutantsPhillips, J.; Jones, T.; Francis, C.9:45 - 10:00 AMLonestar BHow does sensory pollution and urban vegetation affect avian diversity and nesting success?Llamas, A.; Jones, T.; Phillips,... Continue Reading →
SICB 2023: January 6th Summary
Be sure to check out today's Urban Evolution talks and posters at SICB! TimeRoomTitleAuthors9:15 - 9:30 AM402-403Commonalities in the response of North American salamander skin microbiota to wildfires and roadsGomez, O.H.; Mulla, L.; Wuerthner, V.; Hua, J.10:30 - 10:45 AM201-202Coastal invertebrate larvae vary in their responses to artificial light at nightCharpentier, C.; Barnes, D.; Gidzinski,... Continue Reading →
SICB 2023: January 5th Summary
Be sure to check out today's Urban Evolution talks and posters at SICB! TimeRoomTitleAuthors9:00 - 9:15 AMLonestar FHuman-provided food and heterogeneity in aggression in urbanized flocks of American white ibisWeil, J.; Wilson, C.; Hall, R.10:15 - 10:30 AMBrazosTheodolite tracking bottlenose dolphin movement and behavior in a busy Texas ship channelMills, E.; Orbach, D.; Piwetz, S.2:00... Continue Reading →
SICB 2023: January 4th Summary
Be sure to check out today's Urban Evolution talks and posters at SICB! TimeRoomTitleAuthors8:00 - 8:15 AM402-403Creating Interdisciplinary Conservation Tools: A Case Study on Vaccinating Urban WildlifeShriver, C.; Scott, D.; Palakurthy, I.; Hansen, G.; Place, S.; Hu, D.; Schulz, A.K.8:15 - 8:30 AM402-403Effects of roadway disturbances on Side-blotched lizard (Uta stansburiana) behavior and morphologySermersheim, L.;... Continue Reading →
Reminder: Urban Evolution at SICB 2023
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. DayTimeRoomTitleAuthorsWed., Jan. 48:00 - 8:15 AM402-403Creating Interdisciplinary Conservation Tools: A Case Study on Vaccinating Urban WildlifeShriver, C.; Scott, D.; Palakurthy, I.; Hansen,... Continue Reading →
Urban Evolution at SICB 2023
The annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) is here! From January 3-7 biologists will convene in Austin, Texas to share the latest and greatest from a broad range of research areas. Urban evolution talks have a strong showing at the meeting this year, and we would like to hear about all of... Continue Reading →
Urban Ecology & Evolution at JMIH!
The annual Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists is kicking off today and wow do I feel like I'm missing out! This year the conference has an impressive showing of urban research. Here's your guide for the week: Thursday 7/28 1:30pm — Boldness and behavioral syndromes across an urban gradient in the Brown Anole (Anolis sagrei) -... Continue Reading →
SICB 2022!
The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology is gearing up for their annual meeting next week. And just like previous years, there are some amazing urban talks and posters that we want to highlight here! But we can’t do it without your help. We’re looking for contributors who will be attending the meeting to be... Continue Reading →
Evolution 2021! Day 5
The annual Evolution meeting (ASN, SSE, SSB) officially kicked off Monday (virtually)! If you are presenting, consider writing a short summary of your talk for the blog (as we have done in the past for in-person conferences). And if you're attending, we've got you covered here with a list of do-not-miss urban evolution talks! (As... Continue Reading →