Adaptive evolution in cities: progress and misconceptions

MR Lambert, KI Brans, S Des Roches… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2021‏ - cell.com
Current narratives suggest that urban adaptation–the adaptive evolution of organisms to
cities–is pervasive across taxa and cities. However, in reviewing hundreds of studies, we …

Evolution in cities

SE Diamond, RA Martin - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution …, 2021‏ - annualreviews.org
Although research performed in cities will not uncover new evolutionary mechanisms, it
could provide unprecedented opportunities to examine the interplay of evolutionary forces in …

The evolutionary consequences of human–wildlife conflict in cities

CJ Schell, LA Stanton, JK Young… - Evolutionary …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Human–wildlife interactions, including human–wildlife conflict, are increasingly common as
expanding urbanization worldwide creates more opportunities for people to encounter …

A roadmap for urban evolutionary ecology

LR Rivkin, JS Santangelo, M Alberti… - Evolutionary …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Urban ecosystems are rapidly expanding throughout the world, but how urban growth affects
the evolutionary ecology of species living in urban areas remains largely unknown. Urban …

Behavior change in urban mammals: a systematic review

K Ritzel, T Gallo - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
As cities expand to accommodate a growing human population, their impacts to natural
ecosystems and the wildlife residing within them increase. Some animals that persist in …

Mechanistic, ecological, and evolutionary consequences of artificial light at night for insects: review and prospective

E Desouhant, E Gomes, N Mondy… - Entomologia …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
The alternation of light and dark periods on a daily or seasonal time scale is of utmost
importance for the synchronization of physiological and behavioral processes in the …

Urbanization is associated with shifts in bumblebee body size, with cascading effects on pollination

P Theodorou, LM Baltz, RJ Paxton… - Evolutionary …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Urbanization is a global phenomenon with major effects on species, the structure of
community functional traits and ecological interactions. Body size is a key species trait linked …

Urban biodiversity management using evolutionary tools

MR Lambert, CM Donihue - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2020‏ - nature.com
Cities are fully functioning ecosystems and are home to no-analogue communities of
species that interact with each other and which are subject to novel urban stressors. As …

The genomic response to urbanization in the damselfly Ischnura elegans

W Babik, K Dudek, M Marszałek… - Evolutionary …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
The complex and rapid environmental changes brought about by urbanization pose
significant challenges to organisms. The multifaceted effects of urbanization often make it …

Conservation through the lens of (mal) adaptation: Concepts and meta‐analysis

AM Derry, DJ Fraser, SP Brady, L Astorg… - Evolutionary …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Evolutionary approaches are gaining popularity in conservation science, with diverse
strategies applied in efforts to support adaptive population outcomes. Yet conservation …