Urbanization shapes evolution through both chance (drift, colonization history) and selection, and new species interactions can rapidly rewrite that evolutionary story. (9/9)

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🌸🌼Join us to learn about the newly published “Random and non-random variation in flower colour along an urban-rural gradient in the introduced mustard Hesperis matronalis” in @AnnBot by Katherine Maunder and co-authors. 🧵 (1/9)

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Study finds function–evolution trade-off in urban park soil microbes

A research team from the South China Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences made a systematic comparison of soil microbiomes in urban parks and natural forests. The results reveal that urbanization profoundly reconfigures microbial community composition, functional capacity, and evolutionary trajectories, based on.

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the urban ecology of feeding birds and squirrels

Back in December, I spotted a research paper about the ecological impact of human-provided food on squirrel populations, and I started to wo...

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

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2520996122

#evolution #NaturalSelection #UrbanEvolution #bird

Urban natives: Plants evolve to live in cities

While urbanization has restricted and fragmented the natural ecosystems, it also creates new and diverse environmental conditions within towns. A Kobe University research team now found that a plant species that successfully established itself throughout a megacity exhibited distinct and inheritable characteristics that have adapted to the diverse urban environments.

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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

Religion, politics and war drive urban wildlife evolution

The downstream consequences of religion, politics and war can have far-reaching effects on the environment and on the evolutionary processes affecting urban organisms, according to a new analysis from Washington University in St. Louis. 

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#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

Chicago’s rodents are evolving to handle city living

Scientists recently found an example of evolution in real time, tucked away in the collection drawers of the Field Museum in Chicago. By comparing the skulls of chipmunks and voles from the Chicagoland area collected over the past 125 years, the researchers found evidence that these rodents have been adapting to life in an increasingly urban environment.

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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

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Urban evolution - Wikipedia

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 🌇:

 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2023.104664

#UrbanEvolution #CityTransformation #WarsawAndLviv #UrbanPlanning #HistoricalCities