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Defining Urbanization: A New Conceptual Framework
What is urbanization and how do we, as urban evolutionary biologists, ecologists, and conservation biologists, define this metric? We’ve written about this topic before and a new paper by Remington Moll et al. titled “What does urbanization actually mean? A…
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City Living in a Nutshell: Urban Ants Acclimate to Higher Temperatures Faster
Evidence for evolution in urban systems is increasing, but a key outstanding question in the field of urban ecology and eco-evolutionary dynamics is whether the ability of individuals to adapt to environmental conditions (plasticity) also evolves and how this process…
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Fieldwork on Urban Private Property: Staying Safe
This is part two of a two part series from Carly Ziter and Karen Dyson, adapted from a recent paper we wrote as a “how to” guide to urban fieldwork on private land. In last week’s post Fieldwork on Urban Private…
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Fieldwork on Urban Private Property: Getting Started
Let’s consider a scenario. You’re designing a new research project, and you realize that for the first time that you (or your students) are going to need access to private property in an urban area to answer your question properly.…
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No city for shy dog: Urban coyote are bold and explore more
Coyote have widely colonized every mayor city in the United States. A new study asks what behaviors urban coyotes exhibit and what this might tells us about the process facilitating their success in the city.
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Urban Galápagos: Part 1
What does it mean to be urbanized on a volcanic archipelago? With ‘Darwin Day’ (February 12th) just behind us, my upcoming research trip to the Galápagos Islands feels almost unbelievably well-timed. My goal will be to study one of the…
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Urban Adaptation in Mammals
Mammals are some of the most easily recognizable and endearing critters to share our cities with us. Who doesn’t love a cute bunny or squirrel in a city park? Or a fox or raccoon slinking through the streets at night.…
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Invaded Invasives: Do urban lizards have more parasites and how might this influence their ecology?
Anole invasion One of my favorite things about Florida, besides the warm weather, is that it’s home to several anole lizards that have invaded from nearby. Some lizards invaders come from Cuba, like the brown anole (Anolis sagrei). Others, like…
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