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Evolution 2021! Day 2
The annual Evolution meeting (ASN, SSE, SSB) officially kicked off yesterday (virtually)! If you are presenting, consider writing a short summary of your talk for the blog (as we have done in the past for in-person conferences). And if you’re…
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Evolution 2021! Day 1
The annual Evolution meeting (ASN, SSE, SSB) officially kicks off tomorrow (virtually)! If you are presenting, consider writing a short summary of your talk for the blog (as we have done in the past for in-person conferences). And if you’re…
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New Lit Alert: Moving to the city: testing the implications of morphological shifts on locomotor performance in introduced urban lizards
Moving to the city: testing the implications of morphological shifts on locomotor performance in introduced urban lizards Princeton L Vaughn, Wyatt Mcqueen, Eric J Gangloff Abstract Understanding how morphology affects performance in novel environments and how populations shift their morphology…
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New Lit Alert: What is known – and not known – about acoustic communication in an urban soundscape
What is known – and not known – about acoustic communication in an urban soundscape Elizabeth P Derrberry & David Luther Abstract Urban environments have some of the most highly modified soundscapes on the planet, affecting the way many animals communicate…
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City Lizards Hold Their Footing Against a Category 5 Hurricane
Although species will face the challenges of ongoing urbanization and extreme climate events, we know very little about how these disturbances interact. For example, the response to hurricanes has largely been documented for species in their natural habitat. Thus, how…
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Urban evolution of invasive species: the making of “urbanized invaders”
If you are reading this blog, you probably know well that cities create unique environments that can drive rapid evolution of species. However, cities are also hotspots for the entry and establishment of invasive species, harboring high numbers of non-native…
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Genomic Urban Adaptation in a Common Bird Across Europe
Cities, defined as large human settlements of the contemporary human population, have been part of the “Old World” landscape for long time, including Europe. However, the current exponential increase of the urbanised landscape is an unprecedented phenomenon, which has an…
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