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New Lit Alert Catchup and Updates Coming!
Hi everyone, we (the lead team here at Life in the City) have fallen a little behind on our New Literature alerts since mid-summer.…
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How Do We Begin To Center Environmental Justice in Urban Ecology Research?
How Do We Begin To Center Environmental Justice in Urban Ecology Research?How Do We Begin To Center Environmental Justice in Urban Ecology Research? Urban…
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Urban evolution of invasive species: the making of “urbanized invaders”
If you are reading this blog, you probably know well that cities create unique environments that can drive rapid evolution of species. However, cities…
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Site Update! Now Featuring New Literature Alerts
Today we are excited to launch a new section of the site on urban eco-evo literature! You’ll notice that along with this post today…
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Congratulations!!!
We are happy to share today some fantastic news about our LITC crew: LITC co-founder, Elizabeth Carlen, passed her dissertation defense today on urban…
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Infographic: The right temperature
Pineapples and Whales recently created an infographic about parallel evolution in urban anole populations! It’s based on this study in Nature Ecology & Evolution:…
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Urban Observation of the Week: Otters in Salisbury
Last week we brought you otters on astroturf. This week, otters popped up in a market in Salisbury. Do you have a photo or…
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Evolutionary Applications Special Issue: Evolution in Urban Environments
For the past 1.5 years, we (the editors of LITC) have been working to bring together new empirical urban evolution research as well as…
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New Year, Same Blog!
Happy New Year everyone! With 2020 behind us, let’s get ready for a fresh new year. Here’s a preview of what our blog has…
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Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays everyone! Tis the holiday season so we are taking time off to enjoy the holidays virtually with family and friends. We…
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Urban Copperheads Stay Local: Behavioral Ecology in an Urban and Rural Forest
Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Malle Carrasco-Harris at the International Urban Wildlife Conference (#IUWC2019). Carrasco-Harris has been studying the role…
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Happy Birthday, We’re 2!
Life in the City turns 2 years old today (ish)! In true 2020 fashion, we missed our own birthday, by a whole month! Thank…
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In light of recent events, particularly the murder of George Floyd, harassment of Christian Cooper, and unjust actions against protesters supporting the #BlackLivesMatter movement,…
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Urbanization has Varying Effects on the Population Structure of Six Bird Species in Singapore
Urban areas are known to be prone to habitat fragmentation. We’ve seen the intense urbanization in New York City lead to the rapid divergence…
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Urbanization and Zoonotic Disease
The Wuhan novel coronavirus is dominating the news, with reports of thousands infected and new cases reported worldwide every day. Are we at the…