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  • The Urban Spider Survival Guide

    The Urban Spider Survival Guide

    June 30, 2025

    An introduction to the city spider Spiders are the most diverse and abundant terrestrial predators on earth. This group of species is, in turn,…

  • SEEP: Integrating society, ecology, evolution, and plasticity to advance urban evolutionary ecology

    SEEP: Integrating society, ecology, evolution, and plasticity to advance urban evolutionary ecology

    May 27, 2022

    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…

  • Social-Ecological Frameworks and What the Future May Hold

    Social-Ecological Frameworks and What the Future May Hold

    May 26, 2022

    “There are ecologists in urban areas, and then there are urban ecologists” – Dr. Chris Schell This point made by my advisor (Dr. Christopher…

  • What’s Missing in Urban Ecology?

    What’s Missing in Urban Ecology?

    May 10, 2022

    Urban ecology, although a burgeoning field, is becoming massive. In this field, there is much to think about when developing a question investigating the…

  • How Do We Begin To Center Environmental Justice in Urban Ecology Research?

    How Do We Begin To Center Environmental Justice in Urban Ecology Research?

    August 17, 2021

    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…

  • Genomic Urban Adaptation in a Common Bird Across Europe

    Genomic Urban Adaptation in a Common Bird Across Europe

    June 4, 2021

    Cities, defined as large human settlements of the contemporary human population, have been part of the “Old World” landscape for long time, including Europe.…

  • New Lit Alert: Urban Roosts: Use of Buildings by Florida Bonneted Bats

    New Lit Alert: Urban Roosts: Use of Buildings by Florida Bonneted Bats

    May 22, 2021

    Urban Roosts: Use of Buildings by Florida Bonneted Bats Elysia N. Webb, Holly K. Ober, Elizabeth C. Braun de Torrez, Jeffery A. Gore, and Ricardo…

  • Incorporating Human Society into Urban Ecology

    Incorporating Human Society into Urban Ecology

    January 6, 2021

    Urban habitats and landscapes are considerably different from their rural and natural counterparts. Rural and natural habitats experience diluted human effects (e.g., disturbance, low…

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