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Evolution 2019: Evolution Takes Flight: Population Genetics of Feral Pigeons (Columba livia) in the Northeastern United States
As you may have guessed by now, urbanization changes the natural landscape and this can have consequences for the organisms that live in them.…
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Evolution 2019: Adaptation to Coastal Stressors in Oyster Larvae
When people think of the effects of cities on wildlife, changes on land often first come to mind. But, urban areas also have major…
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Evolution 2019: Urbanization Affects Gene Flow and Genetic Drift
As of 2008, more people live in urban than in rural areas, and human populations in cities will only continue to increase. One goal…
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Evolution 2019: Urban Plant Evolution: A Case Study with Capsella bursa-pastoris in New York City
The percent of impervious surface increases as you move from rural to urban areas, with city centers having the highest percent impervious surface. In…
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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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Urban Evolution at Evolution!
Earlier this year we brought you coverage of urban evolution talks from SICB, and just last week we covered the International Urban Wildlife Conference.…
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Evolution 2019 – See you there?
The annual Evolution meeting co-sponsored by the Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, and American Society of Naturalists is coming…