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New Lit Alert: Growing up in a new world: trait divergence between rural, urban, and invasive populations of an amphibian urban invader
Growing up in a new world: trait divergence between rural, urban, and invasive populations of an amphibian urban invader Max Mühlenhaupt, James Baxter-Gilbert, Buyisile…
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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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Little Urban Dragons
James Baxter-Gilbert and colleagues from down under — Julia Riley and Martin Whiting — have been digging into the ecological and evolutionary responses to urbanization in…
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Anoles Adapt to Beat the Urban Heat
Urban areas are hot. The urban heat island effect causes urbanized regions to be significantly warmer than nearby forested areas, and the tropical islands…
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Toxic Toads in a Toxic World
The Common European Toad, Bufo bufo, is a pond-breeding amphibian found throughout Europe, including in urban environments. Ecological changes (e.g., predator communities) in anthropogenic habitats present…
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Evolution 2019: A Test for Transgenerational Plasticity in the Adaptive Divergence of Acorn Ant Thermal Tolerance Across an Urban-Rural Temperature Cline
Populations are often challenged to live in novel or rapidly changing environments. This is probably most clear in cities where new habitat is being…
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Proc. B Special Issue: City Ants Adapt to Hotter Environment
In their recent contribution to the special issue on urban evolution in Proceedings B, Sarah Diamond and team share their exciting results on detecting…