Urban Evolutionary Ecology and the Potential Benefits of Implementing Genomics

Sexual selection reinforces a higher flight endurance in urban damselflies

(2017) Nedim Tüzün et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Microgeographic differentiation in thermal performance curves between rural and urban populations of an aquatic insect

(2017) Nedim Tüzün et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Trapped within the city: integrating demography, time since isolation and population-specific traits to assess the genetic effects of urbanization

(2017) André Lourenço et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

RADseq provides unprecedented insights into molecular ecology and evolutionary genetics: comment on Breaking RAD by Lowry et al . (2016)

(2017) Garrett J. McKinney et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Responsible RAD: Striving for best practices in population genomic studies of adaptation

(2017) David B. Lowry et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Global urban signatures of phenotypic change in animal and plant populations

(2017) Marina Alberti et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolution of life in urban environments

(2017) Marc T. J. Johnson et al.   SCIENCE

Wild inside: Urban wild boar select natural, not anthropogenic food resources

(2017) Milena Stillfried et al.   PLoS One

Transcriptome analysis of a wild bird reveals physiological responses to the urban environment

(2017) Hannah Watson et al.   Scientific Reports

Finding the Genomic Basis of Local Adaptation: Pitfalls, Practical Solutions, and Future Directions

(2016) Sean Hoban et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Street smart: faster approach towards litter in urban areas by highly neophobic corvids and less fearful birds

(2016) Alison L. Greggor et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Innovativeness and the effects of urbanization on risk-taking behaviors in wild Barbados birds

(2016) Simon Ducatez et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Problem-solving performance and reproductive success of great tits in urban and forest habitats

(2016) Bálint Preiszner et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

Adjusting foraging strategies: a comparison of rural and urban common mynas (Acridotheres tristis)

(2016) Ira G. Federspiel et al.   ANIMAL COGNITION

A field ornithologist's guide to genomics: Practical considerations for ecology and conservation

(2016) Sara J. Oyler-McCance et al.   AUK

Habituation to human disturbance is faster in urban than rural house sparrows

(2016) Ernő Vincze et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Advancing Urban Ecology toward a Science of Cities

(2016) Timon McPhearson et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Traffic noise drowns out great tit alarm calls

(2016) Christopher N. Templeton et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Phenotypic shifts in urban areas in the tropical lizardAnolis cristatellus

(2016) Kristin M. Winchell et al.   EVOLUTION

Population genomics of the Anthropocene: urbanization is negatively associated with genome-wide variation in white-footed mouse populations

(2016) Jason Munshi-South et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Urbanization and biological invasion shape animal personalities

(2016) Oriol Lapiedra et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Integrative approach revealed contrasting pattern of spatial structuring within urban and rural biotypes ofCulex pipiens

(2016) B. Krtinić et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY

Personality and urbanization: behavioural traits and DRD4 SNP830 polymorphisms in great tits in Barcelona city

(2016) Sepand Riyahi et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

Genomic Methods Take the Plunge: Recent Advances in High-Throughput Sequencing of Marine Mammals

(2016) Kristina M. Cammen et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Adaptive divergence despite strong genetic drift: genomic analysis of the evolutionary mechanisms causing genetic differentiation in the island fox (Urocyon littoralis)

(2016) W. Chris Funk et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Conservation genomics of natural and managed populations: building a conceptual and practical framework

(2016) Laura Marilyn Benestan et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Cityscape genetics: structural vs. functional connectivity of an urban lizard population

(2016) Joscha Beninde et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A draft fur seal genome provides insights into factors affecting SNP validation and how to mitigate them

(2016) E. Humble et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Breaking RAD: an evaluation of the utility of restriction site-associated DNA sequencing for genome scans of adaptation

(2016) David B. Lowry et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Harnessing the power of RADseq for ecological and evolutionary genomics

(2016) Kimberly R. Andrews et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Human influences on evolution, and the ecological and societal consequences

(2016) Andrew P. Hendry et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Urban driven phenotypic changes: empirical observations and theoretical implications for eco-evolutionary feedback

(2016) Marina Alberti et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Global population divergence and admixture of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)

(2016) Emily E. Puckett et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Endocrine Flexibility: Optimizing Phenotypes in a Dynamic World?

(2016) Conor C. Taff et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Aegean wall lizards switch foraging modes, diet, and morphology in a human-built environment

(2016) Colin M. Donihue   Ecology and Evolution

Differences in biometry and body condition of the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) in urban and rural population during breeding season

(2016) Beata Dulisz et al.   URBAN ECOSYSTEMS

Whole-genome sequence analysis shows that two endemic species of North American wolf are admixtures of the coyote and gray wolf

(2016) B. M. vonHoldt et al.   Science Advances

Adaptation and Adaptedness of Organisms to Urban Environments

(2015) Mark J. McDonnell et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Get off my lawn: increased aggression in urban song sparrows is related to resource availability

(2015) Sarah L. Foltz et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

The town bird and the country bird: problem solving and immunocompetence vary with urbanization

(2015) Jean-Nicolas Audet et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Effects of carotenoid supplementation and oxidative challenges on physiological parameters and carotenoid-based coloration in an urbanization context

(2015) Mathieu Giraudeau et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Variation at the DRD4 locus is associated with wariness and local site selection in urban black swans

(2015) Wouter F.D. van Dongen et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Greater consumption of protein-poor anthropogenic food by urban relative to rural coyotes increases diet breadth and potential for human-wildlife conflict

(2015) M. Murray et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Combined epigenetic and intraspecific variation of theDRD4andSERTgenes influence novelty seeking behavior in great titParus major

(2015) Sepand Riyahi et al.   Epigenetics

Urbanization, oxidative stress and inflammation: a question of evolving, acclimatizing or coping with urban environmental stress

(2015) Caroline Isaksson   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Is supplementary feeding in gardens a driver of evolutionary change in a migratory bird species?

(2015) Kate E. Plummer et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Seasonal variation of flight initiation distance in Eurasian red squirrels in urban versus rural habitat

(2015) K. Uchida et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Ten years of transcriptomics in wild populations: what have we learned about their ecology and evolution?

(2015) Mariano Alvarez et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Exploring population size changes using SNP frequency spectra

(2015) Xiaoming Liu et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Supplementary feeding restructures urban bird communities

(2015) Josie A. Galbraith et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice

(2015) Aaron B.A. Shafer et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

A framework to assess evolutionary responses to anthropogenic light and sound

(2015) John P. Swaddle et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Eco-evolutionary dynamics in an urbanizing planet

(2015) Marina Alberti   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Links between fear of humans, stress and survival support a non-random distribution of birds among urban and rural habitats

(2015) Natalia Rebolo-Ifrán et al.   Scientific Reports

Comparative genomics for biodiversity conservation

(2015) Catherine E. Grueber   Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal

Influence of Urbanization on Body Size, Condition, and Physiology in an Urban Exploiter: A Multi-Component Approach

(2015) Alizée Meillère et al.   PLoS One

Adaptive evolution in urban ecosystems

(2014) Colin M. Donihue et al.   AMBIO

A comparison of problem-solving success between urban and rural house sparrows

(2014) Sándor Papp et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Animal reactions to oncoming vehicles: a conceptual review

(2014) Steven L. Lima et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Individual Behaviors Dominate the Dynamics of an Urban Mountain Lion Population Isolated by Roads

(2014) Seth P.D. Riley et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

How and why should we implement genomics into conservation?

(2014) Barry J. McMahon et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Efficient de novo assembly of highly heterozygous genomes from whole-genome shotgun short reads

(2014) Rei Kajitani et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Does urban life change blood oxidative status in birds?

(2014) D. Costantini et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Gene expression divergence between malaria vector sibling speciesAnopheles gambiaeandAn. coluzziifrom rural and urban Yaoundé Cameroon

(2014) Bryan J. Cassone et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Design of a 9K illumina BeadChip for polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from RAD and transcriptome sequencing

(2014) René M. Malenfant et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Transcriptome resources for the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus): new genomic tools for investigating ecologically divergent urban and rural populations

(2014) Stephen E. Harris et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Restriction site-associated DNA sequencing, genotyping error estimation andde novoassembly optimization for population genetic inference

(2014) A. Mastretta-Yanes et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

The contribution of additive genetic variation to personality variation: heritability of personality

(2014) N. A. Dochtermann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Microgeographic adaptation and the spatial scale of evolution

(2014) Jonathan L. Richardson et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Advances and limits of using population genetics to understand local adaptation

(2014) Peter Tiffin et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS), an ultimate marker-assisted selection (MAS) tool to accelerate plant breeding

(2014) Jiangfeng He et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Urban park characteristics, genetic variation, and historical demography of white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) populations in New York City

(2014) Jason Munshi-South et al.   PeerJ

Behavioural adjustments for a life in the city

(2013) Daniel Sol et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Songs of the city: noise-dependent spectral plasticity in the acoustic phenotype of urban birds

(2013) Hans Slabbekoorn   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Change in flight initiation distance between urban and rural habitats following a cold winter

(2013) A. P. Moller et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

SNP ascertainment bias in population genetic analyses: Why it is important, and how to correct it

(2013) Joseph Lachance et al.   BIOESSAYS

Urbanization and its effects on personality traits: a result of microevolution or phenotypic plasticity?

(2013) Ana Catarina Miranda et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Individual-based measurements of light intensity provide new insights into the effects of artificial light at night on daily rhythms of urban-dwelling songbirds

(2013) Davide M. Dominoni et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Urban land use limits regional bumble bee gene flow

(2013) Shalene Jha et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Candidate gene polymorphisms for behavioural adaptations during urbanization in blackbirds

(2013) J. C. Mueller et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genotyping-by-sequencing in ecological and conservation genomics

(2013) Shawn R. Narum et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Signatures of Rapid Evolution in Urban and Rural Transcriptomes of White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in the New York Metropolitan Area

(2013) Stephen E. Harris et al.   PLoS One

Population Ecology of Free-Roaming Cats and Interference Competition by Coyotes in Urban Parks

(2013) Stanley D. Gehrt et al.   PLoS One

Anthropogenic environments exert variable selection on cranial capacity in mammals

(2013) E. C. Snell-Rood et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

High individual consistency in fear of humans throughout the adult lifespan of rural and urban burrowing owls

(2013) Martina Carrete et al.   Scientific Reports

Escape behaviour of birds provides evidence of predation being involved in urbanization

(2012) A.P. Møller et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Boldness behavior and stress physiology in a novel urban environment suggest rapid correlated evolutionary adaptation

(2012) Jonathan W. Atwell et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Urban wildlife research: Past, present, and future

(2012) Seth B. Magle et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Behavioural responses of wildlife to urban environments

(2012) Hélène Lowry et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Urbanization and the Predation Paradox: The Role of Trophic Dynamics in Structuring Vertebrate Communities

(2012) Jason D. Fischer et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Candidate and non-candidate genes in behavior genetics

(2012) Jonathan Flint et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Genetic structure of the marsh frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) populations in urban landscape

(2012) Peter Mikulíček et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Anthropogenic noise decreases urban songbird diversity and may contribute to homogenization

(2012) Darren S. Proppe et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Hormones in the city: Endocrine ecology of urban birds

(2012) Frances Bonier   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Big city life: carnivores in urban environments

(2012) P. W. Bateman et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Genomic signature of natural and anthropogenic stress in wild populations of the waterfleaDaphnia magna: validation in space, time and experimental evolution

(2012) LUISA ORSINI et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Urban landscape genetics: canopy cover predicts gene flow between white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) populations in New York City

(2012) JASON MUNSHI-SOUTH   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Personality Traits and Behavioral Syndromes in Differently Urbanized Populations of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus)

(2012) Veronika Bókony et al.   PLoS One

Population, Behavioural and Physiological Responses of an Urban Population of Black Swans to an Intense Annual Noise Event

(2012) Catherine J. Payne et al.   PLoS One

Harnessing genomics for delineating conservation units

(2012) W. Chris Funk et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Brain Arginine Vasotocin Immunoreactivity Differs between Urban and Desert Curve-Billed Thrashers, Toxostoma curvirostre: Relationships with Territoriality and Stress Physiology

(2011) H. Bobby Fokidis et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

Variation in baseline corticosterone levels of Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) populations along an urban gradient in Beijing, China

(2011) Shuping Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY

Application of SNPs for population genetics of nonmodel organisms: new opportunities and challenges

(2011) S. J. HELYAR et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Ecotypic differentiation between urban and rural populations of the grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus relative to climate and habitat fragmentation

(2011) Gilles San Martin y Gomez et al.   OECOLOGIA

A Novel Approach for Mining Polymorphic Microsatellite Markers In Silico

(2011) Joseph I. Hoffman et al.   PLoS One

Extirpation, colonization, and habitat dynamics of a keystone species along an urban gradient

(2010) Seth B. Magle et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Behavioural responses to human-induced environmental change

(2010) Ulla Tuomainen et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Applications of next generation sequencing in molecular ecology of non-model organisms

(2010) R Ekblom et al.   HEREDITY

Rapid, pervasive genetic differentiation of urban white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) populations in New York City

(2010) JASON MUNSHI-SOUTH et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

What can genetics tell us about population connectivity?

(2010) WINSOR H. LOWE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Association between DRD4 gene polymorphism and personality variation in great tits: a test across four wild populations

(2010) PETER KORSTEN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genomics and the future of conservation genetics

(2010) Fred W. Allendorf et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

A Rapid, Strong, and Convergent Genetic Response to Urban Habitat Fragmentation in Four Divergent and Widespread Vertebrates

(2010) Kathleen Semple Delaney et al.   PLoS One

Influence of Urban Landscapes on Population Dynamics in a Short-Distance Migrant Mosquito: Evidence for the Dengue Vector Aedes aegypti

(2010) Ryan R. Hemme et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Life in the suburbs: Behavior and survival of a freshwater turtle in response to drought and urbanization

(2009) Martha Rees et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Small-scaled geographical variation in life-history traits of the blowflyCalliphora vicinabetween rural and urban populations

(2009) C. C. Hwang et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Changes in fox squirrel anti-predator behaviors across the urban–rural gradient

(2009) Robert A. Mccleery   LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY

Commensal ecology, urban landscapes, and their influence on the genetic characteristics of city-dwelling Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus)

(2009) L. C. GARDNER-SANTANA et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Molecular road ecology: exploring the potential of genetics for investigating transportation impacts on wildlife

(2009) NIKO BALKENHOL et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Behavioural reaction norms: animal personality meets individual plasticity

(2009) Niels J. Dingemanse et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Different responses of biochemical markers in frogs (Rana ridibunda) from urban and rural wetlands to the effect of carbamate fungicide

(2008) Halina I. Falfushinska et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY C-TOXICOLOGY & PHARMACOLOGY

Variation in stress and innate immunity in the tree lizard (Urosaurus ornatus) across an urban–rural gradient

(2008) Susannah S. French et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Loss of genetic connectivity and diversity in urban microreserves in a southern California endemic Jerusalem cricket (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae: Stenopelmatus n. sp. “santa monica”)

(2008) Amy G. Vandergast et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION

RNA-Seq: a revolutionary tool for transcriptomics

(2008) Zhong Wang et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

The effect of urbanisation on avian morphology and latitudinal gradients in body size

(2008) Karl L. Evans et al.   OIKOS