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Clinging & climbing & claws, oh my: morphology performance in urban lizards
The common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) offers a great opportunity to study how humans are influencing the course of evolution. These lizards have a…
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New Lit Alert: Climbing and clinging of urban lizards are differentially affected by morphology, temperature, and substrate
Climbing and clinging of urban lizards are differentially affected by morphology, temperature, and substrate P L Vaughn, C Colwell, E H Livingston, W McQueen, C Pettit, S Spears, L Tuhela, E…
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CityShape: How Urban Environments Have Shaped the Toes of Puerto Rican Crested Anoles
Anole lizards are rapidly becoming a model for urban adaptation. Anolis cristatellus, or the Puerto Rican crested anole, is a lizard species that has a…
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Urban Foxes on the Prowl: Urbanization Leads to Differences in Red Fox Skull Shape
Urban areas around the world are an interesting combination of non-native and native species. In London, urban foxes are a common sight and because…
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Claws in the City
I’m excited to share an update on my foray into urban ecology and evolution research as an undergraduate! I’ve been working in the Revell…