Default image

A framework for contextualizing social‐ecological biases in contributory science data

Carlen, E& Estien, C. & Caspi, T. & Perkins, D. & Goldstein, B. & Kreling, S. & Hentati, Y. & Williams, T. & Stanton, L. & Des Roches, S. & Johnson, R. & Young, A. & Cooper, C. & Schell, C. (2024). A framework for contextualizing social‐ecological biases in contributory science data. People and Nature. 6. 377-390. doi:10.1002/pan3.10592.

Default image

Adaptation in the alleyways: candidate genes under potential selection in urban coyotes 

Kreling S.E.S., Vance, S.E., Carlen, E.J. (2024). Adaptation in the Alleyways: Candidate genes under potential selection in urban coyotes. Genome Biology and Evolutiondoi:10.1093/gbe/evae279

Default image

Amazonian and Andean tree communities are not tracking current climate warming

Farfan-Rios, W., Feeley, K.J., Myers, J.A., Tello, S., Sallo-Bravo, J., Malhi, Y., Phillips, O.L., Baker, T., Nina-Quispe, A., Garcia-Cabrera, K. ,Saatchi, S., Terborgh, J., Pitman, N., Monteagudo  Mendoza, A. , Vasquez, R., Salinas-Revilla, N., Cayola, L., Fuentes, A.F., Loza, I., Nuñez Vargas, P., Silman, M.R. (2024). Amazonian and Andean tree communities are not tracking current climate warming. EcoEvoRxiv. doi:10.32942/X2B32H

Default image

An evolutionary innovation for mating facilitates ecological niche expansion and buffers species against climate change

Moore, M.P., Nalley, S.E. & Hamadah, D. (2024). An evolutionary innovation for mating facilitates ecological niche expansion and buffers species against climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2313371121

Default image

An inquiry-based activity for investigating the effect of climate change on phenology using the R programming language

Austin, Matthew & Miller-Struttmann, Nicole. (2024). An inquiry-based activity for investigating the effect of climate change on phenology using the R programming language. The American Biology Teacher. 86. 233-241. 10.1525/abt.2024.86.4.233

Default image

Climate change increases flowering duration, driving phenological reassembly and elevated co‐flowering richness

Austin MW, Smith AB, Olsen KM, Hoch PC, Krakos KN, Schmocker SP, Miller‐Struttmann NE. (2024). Climate change increases flowering duration, driving phenological reassembly and elevated co‐flowering richness. New Phytologist, 243(6). doi:10.1111/nph.19994

Default image

Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities

Cooper, D.L.M., Lewis, S.L., Sullivan, M.J.P. and 100+ coauthors including Farfan-Rios, W. (2024). Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities. Nature, 625: 728–734. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06820-z

Default image

Disentangling genetic, plastic, and social learning drivers of sex-specific foraging behaviour in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata)

Earl, S. R., L. E. Johnson, E. Grant, A. Kasubhai, A. López-Sepulcre, S. P. Gordon and Y. Yang. (2024). Disentangling genetic, plastic, and social learning drivers of sex-specific foraging behaviour in Trinidadian guppies (Poecilia reticulata). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291. doi:10.1098/rspb.2023.2950

Default image

Does urbanisation lead to parallel demographic shifts across the world in a cosmopolitan plant? 

Caizergues, A.E., Santangelo, J.S., Ness, R.W., Angeoletto, F., Anstett, D.N., Anstett, J., Baena-Diaz, F., Carlen, E.J., Chaves, J.A., Comerford, M.S., Dyson, K., Falahati-Anbaran, M., Fellowes, M.D.E., Hood, G.R., Iñiguez-Armijos, C., Kooyers, N.J., Hodgins, K.A., Lázaro-Lobo, A., Moles, A., Munshi-South, J., Paule, J., Porth, I.M. , Santiago-Rosario, L.Y., Stack Whitney, K., Tack, A., Johnson, M.T.J. (2024). Does urbanisation lead to parallel demographic shifts across the world in a cosmopolitan plant? Molecular Ecology, 33(7):e17311 doi:10.1111/mec.17311

Default image

Effects of urban-induced mutations on ecology, evolution and health

Johnson, M.T.J., Arif, I., Marchetti, F., Munshi-South, J., Ness, R.W., Szulkin, M., Verrelli, B.C., Yauk, C.L., Anstett, D.N., Booth, W., Caizergues, A.E., Carlen, E.J., Dant, A., González, J., González Lagos, C., Oman, M., Phifer-Rixey, M., Rennison, D., Rosenberg, M.S., Winchell, K.M. (2024). Effects of urban-induced mutations on ecology, evolution and health. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1-13. doi:10.1038/s41559-024-02401-z

Default image

Embracing the diversity in diverse warning signals

Gordon S. P., C. J. Axelrod, U. Bansal, H. Gurholt, S. Tran, Y. Yang. (2024). Embracing the diversity in diverse warning signals. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 39(3):225-228. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.01.002

Default image

Evolutionary divergence of plasticity in brain morphology between ecologically divergent habitats of Trinidadian guppies

Axelrod C. J., Yang Y., Grant E., Fleming J. , Stone I., Carlson B. A., and Gordon S.P. (2024). Evolutionary divergence of plasticity in brain morphology between ecologically divergent habitats of Trinidadian guppies. Evolution 78: 7,1261–1274,  doi:10.1093/evolut/qpae055

Default image

Examining the influence of sociodemographics, residential segregation, and historical redlining on eBird and iNaturalist data disparities in three U.S. cities

*Estien, C.O., *Carlen, E.J., & Schell, C.J. (2024). Examining the influence of sociodemographics, residential segregation, and historical redlining on eBird and iNaturalist data disparities in three U.S. cities. Ecology and Society. 29(3):16. doi:10.5751/ES-15263-290316 [*Co-first authors]

Default image

HERPETOCULTURE 575 Notes on the ex-situ maintenance and reproduction of the spotted harlequin frog, Atelopus balios (Bufonidae)

Augustine, Lauren & Coloma, Luis & Vargas-Mena, Patricio & Elden, Justin. (2024). HERPETOCULTURE 575 Notes on the Ex-situ Maintenance and Reproduction of the Spotted Harlequin Frog, Atelopus balios (Bufonidae). Herpetological Review. 54. 575-581. PDF

Default image

Human-modified habitats imperil ornamented dragonflies less than their non-ornamented counterparts at local, regional, and continental scales

Moore, M.P.Leith, N.T.Fowler-Finn, K.D. & Medley, K.A. (2024Human-modified habitats imperil ornamented dragonflies less than their non-ornamented counterparts at local, regional, and continental scalesEcology Letters27, e14455. doi.org/10.1111/ele.14455

Default image

Insights into the spatial ecology of severely injured free-living felids: Iberian lynx, bobcat, and snow leopard

Nájera F, Uiterwaal SF, Crespo E, Grande-Gómez R, Sánchez JF, Mata-Huete M, Palmer J, Iturrarte G, Peña J, Munkhtsog B, Munkhtsog B, Poyarkov AD, Hernandez-Blanco JA, Alexandrov DY, Galsandorj N, Deem SL. (2024). Insights into the spatial ecology of severely injured free-living felids: Iberian lynx, bobcat, and snow leopard. Ecology and Evolution 14(2):e11000. doi: 10.1002/ece3.11000

Default image

Of rarity and symbolism: understanding human perceptions of charismatic color morphs

*Williams, T.D., *Kreling, S.E.S., Stanton, L.A. Wilkinson, C.E., Estien, C.O., Schell, C.J., Carlen, E.J. (2024). Of Rarity and Symbolism: Understanding Human Perceptions of Charismatic Color Morphs. Human Ecologydoi:10.1007/s10745-024-00492-7 [*Co-first authors]

Default image

Online toolkits for collaborative and inclusive global research in urban evolutionary ecology

Savage, A., Willmott, M., Moreno, P., Li, D., Malesis A., Jagiełło, Z., Miles, L.S., Kuzyo, H. Román Palacios, C., Salazar, D., Verrelli, B., Winchell, K.M., Alberti, M., Carlen, E.J., Falvey, C., Johnson, L., Martin, E., Marzluff, J., Munshi-South, J., Phifer-Rixey, M., Stadnicki, I., Szulkin, M., Bonilla-Bedoya, S., Zhou, Y., Gotanda, K. (2024). Online toolkits for collaborative and inclusive global research in urban evolutionary ecology. Ecology and Evolution. 14(6): e11633. doi:10.1002/ece3.11633

Default image

Population genomic structure of a widespread, urban‐dwelling mammal: The eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

Fusco, N.A., Cosentino, B.J., Gibbs, J.P., Allen, M.L., Blumenfeld, A.J., Boettner, G.H., Carlen, E.J., Collins, M., Dennison, C., DiGiacopo, D. and Drapeau Picard, A.P., (2024). Population genomic structure of a widespread, urban‐dwelling mammal: The eastern grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis). Molecular Ecologydoi:10.1111/mec.17230

Default image

Response of diademed sifaka (Propithecus diadema) to fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox) predation in the Betampona Strict Nature Reserve, Madagascar

Bonadonna, G., Ramilijaona, O. M., Raharivololona, B. M., Andrianarimisa, A., Razafindraibe, H., Freeman, K., Rasambainarivo, F., Wroblewski, E. E., & Milich, K. M. (2024). Response of diademed sifaka (Propithecus diadema) to fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox) predation in the Betampona Strict Nature Reserve, Madagascar. Ecology and Evolution, 14, e11248. doi:10.1002/ece3.11248

Default image

Restoration age affects microbial-herbaceous plant interactions in an oak woodland

Brant, R. A., Edwards, C. E., Reid, J. L., Bassüner, B., Delfeld, B., Dell, N., Mangan, S. A., de la Paz Bernasconi Torres, V., & Albrecht, M. A. (2024). Restoration age affects microbial-herbaceous plant interactions in an oak woodland. Ecology and Evolution, 14, e11360. doi:10.1002/ece3.11360

Default image

Spatial examination of social and environmental drivers of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) across Kenya

Lawrence T.J., Kangogo G.K., Fredman A., Deem S.L., Fèvre E.M., Gluecks I., Brien J.D., Shacham E. (2024). Spatial examination of social and environmental drivers of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) across Kenya. Ecohealthdoi: 10.1007/s10393-024-01684-9

Default image

The global diet diversity spectrum in avian apex predators

DeLong, J.P., Coblentz, K.E., La Sorte, F.A., Uiterwaal, S.F., (2024). The global diet diversity spectrum in avian apex predators. Proc. R. Soc. B Biol. Sci. 291, 20242156. doi:10.1098/rspb.2024.2156

Default image

Variation in ground-dwelling arthropod communities across differently managed infiltration basins

Farhang S, Duffy D, Seymoure B. (2024). Variation in ground-dwelling arthropod communities across differently managed infiltration basins. The Canadian Entomologist. 156. doi:10.4039/tce.2024.8

Default image

Wild foods are positively associated with diet diversity and child growth in a protected forest area of Madagascar

Iannotti L, Randrianarivony T, Randrianasolo A, Rakotoarivony F, Andriamihajarivo T, LaBrier M, Gyimah E, Vie S, Nunez-Garcia A, Hart R. (2024). Wild foods are positively associated with diet diversity and child growth in a protected forest area of Madagascar. Current Developments in Nutrition, 8(4). doi: 10.1016/j.cdnut.2024.102101.