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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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Urban Observation of the Week: Moose Goes to College
Of all the places you’d think you might see a moose, strolling through a university campus is probably not high on that list. University of Connecticut students were recently treated to a sighting of one of their wildlife neighbors —…
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New Lit Alert: Urban Roosts: Use of Buildings by Florida Bonneted Bats
Urban Roosts: Use of Buildings by Florida Bonneted Bats Elysia N. Webb, Holly K. Ober, Elizabeth C. Braun de Torrez, Jeffery A. Gore, and Ricardo Zambrano Abstract Florida Bonneted Bats, Eumops floridanus, were first documented in Miami, Florida, USA, in the…
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Urban Observation of the Week: Pigeon Nest
Pigeons are super common in urban areas. We find them so often that it is actually rare for them to get a spot on our observation of the week. But, we couldn’t resist this one. This week we bring you…
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Urban Evolution & Art
The piece below was posted in 2018 by A.Z. Andis Arietta a PhD candidate in the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies at Yale University — I recently rediscovered it and thought it would be of interest to our followers.…
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New Lit Alert: Urban evolution of invasive species
Urban evolution of invasive species Jesse B Borden, S Luke Flory Abstract Urban areas can drive rapid evolution of species and are hotspots for entry and establishment of invasive species, but it is unclear how urban evolution is impacting the…
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