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Caught on Camera!
The Bronx High School of Science, a New York City high school located near Jerome Park Reservoir in the Bronx, hosts an unique rich biological environment, in the midst of urban life. To better understand this environment, we, a group…
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New Lit Alert: Signs of Urban Evolution? Morpho-Functional Traits Co-variation Along a Nature-Urban Gradient in a Chagas Disease Vector
Signs of Urban Evolution? Morpho-Functional Traits Co-variation Along a Nature-Urban Gradient in a Chagas Disease Vector Ana C. Montes de Oca-Aguilar, Adriana González-Martínez, Raúl Chan-González, Pilar Ibarra-López, Selene Smith-Ávila, Alex Córdoba-Aguilar, and Carlos N. Ibarra-Cerdeña Abstract Environmental change (i.e., urbanization)…
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New Lit Alert: Carnivore Niche Partitioning in a Human Landscape
Carnivore Niche Partitioning in a Human Landscape Mauriel Rodriguez Curras, Emiliano Donadio, Arthur D. Middleton, and Jonathan N. Pauli Abstract To minimize competitive overlap, carnivores modify one of their critical niche axes: space, time, or resources. However, we currently lack…
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New Lit Alert: Socio-ecological drivers of multiple zoonotic hazards in highly urbanized cities
Socio-ecological drivers of multiple zoonotic hazards in highly urbanized cities Matthew A. Combs, Pallavi A. Kache, Meredith C. VanAcker, Nichar Gregory, Laura D. Plimpton, Danielle M. Tufts, Maria P. Fernandez, Maria A. Diuk-Wasser Abstract The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is a…
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New Lit Alert: Cat colonies and flight initiation distances of urban birds: Dealing with conflicting sources of citizen wellbeing
Cat colonies and flight initiation distances of urban birds: Dealing with conflicting sources of citizen wellbeing Mario Díaz, Jonatan Fernández, Alicia Page Abstract Feral cat colonies in cities improve the wellbeing of people who feed and care for them, but…
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Urban Evolution Goes Global: Main findings from the Global Urban Evolution Project
As of 2018, 55% of the world’s human population lives in villages, towns, or cities, and this figure grows annually as people increasingly adopt the urban lifestyle. The environmental consequences of this urban expansion are vast: grasslands, forests, and wetlands…
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New Lit Alert: Downtown diet: a global meta-analysis of increased urbanization on the diets of vertebrate predators
Downtown diet: a global meta-analysis of increased urbanization on the diets of vertebrate predators Siria Gámez, Abigail Potts, Kirby L. Mills, Aurelia A. Allen, Allyson Holman, Peggy M. Randon, Olivia Linson and Nyeema C. Harris Abstract Predation is a fundamental…
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Urban Observation of the Week: Jamaican Yellow-Billed Parrot
Urban trees support diverse wildlife, as Jamaican biologist and naturalist Damany Calder pointed out in Instagram this week with his observation of the Yellow-Billed Parrot (Amazona collaria), endemic to Jamaica and vulnerable to extinction, in a Black Olive tree (Terminalia…
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