my features published in @CurrentBiology this year, issue 2: the #urbanEcology of feeding animals like #gardenBirds and #squirrels
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-urban-ecology-of-feeding-birds-and.html
#science #ecology #birds #cities #urbanEvolution #hummingbirds
Dark-eyed juncos living in urbanized Los Angeles have shorter bills than juncos in nearby natural areas— but while UCLA was closed for COVID-19 safety, campus juncos evolved longer bills again
25-Nov-2025
#Urban natives: #Plants evolve to live in #cities
Better understanding the effects of #religion, #politics and #war on urban evolutionary biology can enhance our ability to design and remodel #cities to make them better for people while supporting the #environment and #evolution ary potential within the city,
#review
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1089367 #science #ecology #UrbanEcology #UrbanEvolution
26-Jun-2025
#Chicago’s #rodents are evolving to handle city living
#Chipmunk and #vole skulls from over 125 years reflect changes in diet and noise exposure
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1088505 #science #ecology #evolution #UrbanEcology #UrbanEvolution #cities
Urban evolution (Habitat 🌄)
Urban evolution refers to the heritable genetic changes of populations in response to urban development and anthropogenic activities in urban areas. Urban evolution can be caused by mutation, genetic drift, gene flow, or evolution by natural selection. Biologists have observed evolutionary change in numerous species compared to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_evolution
#UrbanEvolution #City #Habitat #CommunityEcology #EcologyTerminology #EcologicalProcesses
Take an incredible journey through #Warsaw and #Lviv with a new study in Elsevier's Cities. This study reveals how historical events, political changes, and economic transformations have shaped the landscapes of these vibrant cities 🌇:
:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104664
#UrbanEvolution #CityTransformation #WarsawAndLviv #UrbanPlanning #HistoricalCities
Urban evolution (Habitat 🌄)
Urban evolution refers to the heritable genetic changes of populations in response to urban development and anthropogenic activities in urban areas. Urban evolution can be caused by mutation, genetic drift, gene flow, or evolution by natural selection. Biologists have observed evolutionary change in numerous species compared to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_evolution
#UrbanEvolution #City #Habitat #CommunityEcology #EcologyTerminology #EcologicalProcesses
2-Nov-2023
Plant populations in #Cologne are adapted to their urban environments
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1006811 #science #ecology #UrbanEcology #UrbanEvolution #plants #arabidopsis
THE MOST INTERESTING IN A SELECTIVE SWEEP IS THE SHOULDERS.NEW PREPRINT BY THE TEAM ON THE VANISHING CHROMOSOMAL FOOTPRINT OF AN ANTHROPOGENIC INTROGRESSION OF LOCALLY FAVOURED FOREIGN GENESFALLING SHOULDERS AHEAD: ADAPTIVE ALIEN GENES ARE MAINTAINED AMID VANISHING INTROGRESSION FOOTPRINT IN SEA SQUIRTS. HTTPS://WWW.BIORXIV.ORG/CONTENT/10.1101/2023.09.21.558831V1#POPGEN #ADAPTIVEINTROGRESSION #SELECTIVESWEEP #URBANEVOLUTION #HYBRIDIZATION#ANTHROPOGENICHYBRIDIZATION #ANTHROPOGENICINTROGRESSION @couplingdmi
The most interesting in a selective sweep is the shoulders.
New preprint by the team on the vanishing chromosomal footprint of an anthropogenic introgression of locally favoured foreign genes
Falling shoulders ahead: adaptive alien genes are maintained amid vanishing introgression footprint in sea squirts. https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.21.558831v1
@darwin
#PopGen #AdaptiveIntrogression #SelectiveSweep #UrbanEvolution #Hybridization
#AnthropogenicHybridization #AnthropogenicIntrogression
2022's features in #CurrentBiology now in the #OpenArchives (17/24):
#UrbanEcology and #UrbanEvolution from bats to cockatoos.
https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2022/09/town-bat-vs-country-bat.html
#science #ProseAndPassion #bats #birds #behaviour
Enjoy the reading of this new preprint of @Maurine_Hammel 's PhD work on these fantastic beasts that are marine transmissible cancers:
Marine transmissible cancer navigates urbanised waters, threatening to spillover
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.04.14.536605v1
@darwin #preprint #EcoEvo #TransCan #UrbanEvolution #MarineConnectivity
Excited to be hosting the 2023 RCN @evo_urban Workshop this week in Seattle https://rb.gy/dtzrdg #UrbanEvolution #NSF
Sometimes dreams really do come true!🌠
Many thanks to #NYBG #EcoFlora for inviting me to share my research on how #cities impact plant-pollinator interactions and evolution in common #milkweed with the community scientists of Mannahatta and beyond!
If you're interested in #UrbanEcology, #UrbanEvolution, #pollinators, or #plants and want a break from the jargon of academia... 😉 ➡️ https://youtu.be/ciLi7oXuH3U
Last year I submitted a project to the #ANR, it didn't pass but we took the opportunity to write a perspective paper here 👇:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eva.13443
I just put it back again, fingers crossed 🤞 #UrbanEvolution #MarBiol #Portuarization #DockEvol
#introduction. Great to meet you all on ecoevo.social. I am an urban ecologist and urban scientist studying urban ecology and eco-evolutionary dynamics https://www.urbanecoevo.net/
#urbanevolution #urbanecology
And this is the Urban Ecology Research Lab at the University of Washington in Seattle where we study cities as hybrid ecosystems https://urbaneco.uw.edu/ #urbanecology #urbanevolution #ecosystemscience #urbanscience
#complexsystems
#introduction
Associate Professor at Case Western Reserve University. I'm an evolutionary ecologist interested in #UrbanEvolution, #Plasticity, #LifeHistory, #Selection. I and the folks in my lab work in diverse organismal systems (e.g., arthropods, amphibians, fish) and also use #meta-analysis.
