Kevin Vega
@kavega21.bsky.social
Urban ecologist; Biodiversity, green infrastructure, soils, ecological design for equitability and sustainability; he/him;
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Radio‐tracking urban breeding birds: The importance of native vegetation | doi.org/10.1002/eap.... | Ecological Applications | #ornithology #ukbirds 🪶
January 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Radio‐tracking urban breeding birds: The importance of native vegetation | doi.org/10.1002/eap.... | Ecological Applications | #ornithology #ukbirds 🪶
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We are happy to announce a new Urban Ecology Special Issue in "Basic and Applied Ecology" 🏢🦋🏭
Title: "Recent Advances in Urban Ecology: Biodiversity, Functions, and Perceptions related to Urban Nature"
Submission deadline: 01 May 2025
Find all details here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Title: "Recent Advances in Urban Ecology: Biodiversity, Functions, and Perceptions related to Urban Nature"
Submission deadline: 01 May 2025
Find all details here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
January 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
We are happy to announce a new Urban Ecology Special Issue in "Basic and Applied Ecology" 🏢🦋🏭
Title: "Recent Advances in Urban Ecology: Biodiversity, Functions, and Perceptions related to Urban Nature"
Submission deadline: 01 May 2025
Find all details here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Title: "Recent Advances in Urban Ecology: Biodiversity, Functions, and Perceptions related to Urban Nature"
Submission deadline: 01 May 2025
Find all details here:
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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A few years ago, postdoc Gail MacInnis led this great project showing that urban beekeeping doesn't help "save the bees" (and can do more harm than good). peerj.com/articles/146...
Decline in wild bee species richness associated with honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) abundance in an urban ecosystem
The spatial heterogeneity of urban landscapes, relatively low agrochemical use, and species-rich floral communities often support a surprising diversity of wild pollinators in cities. However, the man...
peerj.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:46 PM
A few years ago, postdoc Gail MacInnis led this great project showing that urban beekeeping doesn't help "save the bees" (and can do more harm than good). peerj.com/articles/146...
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Editor's Choice for the February issue of #CJFR🌲🧪🌎
"Relationships between juvenile tree survival and tree density, shrub cover and temperature vary by size class based on ratios of abundance"
Author summary: cdnsciencepub.com/do/10.1139/n...
Free access article: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....
"Relationships between juvenile tree survival and tree density, shrub cover and temperature vary by size class based on ratios of abundance"
Author summary: cdnsciencepub.com/do/10.1139/n...
Free access article: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....
February 6, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Editor's Choice for the February issue of #CJFR🌲🧪🌎
"Relationships between juvenile tree survival and tree density, shrub cover and temperature vary by size class based on ratios of abundance"
Author summary: cdnsciencepub.com/do/10.1139/n...
Free access article: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....
"Relationships between juvenile tree survival and tree density, shrub cover and temperature vary by size class based on ratios of abundance"
Author summary: cdnsciencepub.com/do/10.1139/n...
Free access article: cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....
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'Enhancing temperate grassland diversity and functionality: crafting seed mixtures to align stakeholder interests and to increase establishment success'
Möhrle et al.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Möhrle et al.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Enhancing temperate grassland diversity and functionality: crafting seed mixtures to align stakehold...
Grassland biodiversity is positively correlated to ecosystem productivity and resilience that secure net gains and functionality of such systems. Land…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 11, 2023 at 9:08 AM
'Enhancing temperate grassland diversity and functionality: crafting seed mixtures to align stakeholder interests and to increase establishment success'
Möhrle et al.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Möhrle et al.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Check out this article about @phiferrixey.bsky.social work! Think Your City Mouse Has an Attitude? These Scientists Want to Find Out. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/n...
October 21, 2023 at 6:51 PM
Check out this article about @phiferrixey.bsky.social work! Think Your City Mouse Has an Attitude? These Scientists Want to Find Out. www.nytimes.com/2023/10/21/n...
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Here's a pretty good article on a handful of interesting facts about pigeons !
These poor lil creatures have been very important in our History and loving companions for ages, until we abandoned them and considered them pests, forcing them to live in horrible conditions.
(Full podcast in next post)
These poor lil creatures have been very important in our History and loving companions for ages, until we abandoned them and considered them pests, forcing them to live in horrible conditions.
(Full podcast in next post)
Not just 'rats of the sky': Why pigeons are mini-dodo superheroes
The humble pigeon is often known by its unflattering nicknames "flying rat" and "rat of the sky". But there's more to these common creatures than meets the eye. Here's four facts that might restore th...
www.abc.net.au
December 10, 2023 at 10:48 AM
Here's a pretty good article on a handful of interesting facts about pigeons !
These poor lil creatures have been very important in our History and loving companions for ages, until we abandoned them and considered them pests, forcing them to live in horrible conditions.
(Full podcast in next post)
These poor lil creatures have been very important in our History and loving companions for ages, until we abandoned them and considered them pests, forcing them to live in horrible conditions.
(Full podcast in next post)
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Anyone know how many squirrels there should be per square mile in a healthy forest ecosystem?
I need this information for a DnD game. If ALL the squirrels on a mountain decided to start following someone in the trees along a road, how many is reasonable? 1,000 squirrels? 10,000 squirrels?
I need this information for a DnD game. If ALL the squirrels on a mountain decided to start following someone in the trees along a road, how many is reasonable? 1,000 squirrels? 10,000 squirrels?
November 28, 2023 at 3:34 PM
Anyone know how many squirrels there should be per square mile in a healthy forest ecosystem?
I need this information for a DnD game. If ALL the squirrels on a mountain decided to start following someone in the trees along a road, how many is reasonable? 1,000 squirrels? 10,000 squirrels?
I need this information for a DnD game. If ALL the squirrels on a mountain decided to start following someone in the trees along a road, how many is reasonable? 1,000 squirrels? 10,000 squirrels?
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Nice paper demonstrating that melanistic gray squirrels are common in urban environments due to relaxed selection in cities, and negative selection against black morphs in rural areas: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Rural selection drives the evolution of an urban–rural cline in coat color in gray squirrels
Ecology & Evolution is a broad open access journal welcoming research in ecology, evolution, and conservation science, and providing a forum for evidence-based views.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 12, 2023 at 5:15 PM
Nice paper demonstrating that melanistic gray squirrels are common in urban environments due to relaxed selection in cities, and negative selection against black morphs in rural areas: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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I am happy to share our new monograph on redlining, birds, their habitat, and people in Los Angeles just out in Ornithological Applications (see link - please DM if you're unable to access it)
Please see the infographic below (by KAPdesign) for further details.
academic.oup.com/condor/advan...
Please see the infographic below (by KAPdesign) for further details.
academic.oup.com/condor/advan...
October 11, 2023 at 5:25 PM
I am happy to share our new monograph on redlining, birds, their habitat, and people in Los Angeles just out in Ornithological Applications (see link - please DM if you're unable to access it)
Please see the infographic below (by KAPdesign) for further details.
academic.oup.com/condor/advan...
Please see the infographic below (by KAPdesign) for further details.
academic.oup.com/condor/advan...
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American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Fellowship
Dissertation Fellowship: $25,000
Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship: $50,000
Short-Term Research Publication Grant: $8,000
Deadline: Nov 15
#neurogrants
#neuroscience 🧪
www.aauw.org/resources/pr...
Dissertation Fellowship: $25,000
Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship: $50,000
Short-Term Research Publication Grant: $8,000
Deadline: Nov 15
#neurogrants
#neuroscience 🧪
www.aauw.org/resources/pr...
American Fellowships
AAUW American Fellowships support women scholars who are completing dissertations, planning research leave from accredited institutions, or preparing research for publication.
www.aauw.org
September 26, 2023 at 1:07 AM
American Association of University Women (AAUW) American Fellowship
Dissertation Fellowship: $25,000
Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship: $50,000
Short-Term Research Publication Grant: $8,000
Deadline: Nov 15
#neurogrants
#neuroscience 🧪
www.aauw.org/resources/pr...
Dissertation Fellowship: $25,000
Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship: $50,000
Short-Term Research Publication Grant: $8,000
Deadline: Nov 15
#neurogrants
#neuroscience 🧪
www.aauw.org/resources/pr...
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Beware the Greenwash.
‘Nature positive’ must incorporate, not undermine, the mitigation hierarchy @NatureEcoEvo 🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
‘Nature positive’ must incorporate, not undermine, the mitigation hierarchy @NatureEcoEvo 🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
September 26, 2023 at 4:43 PM
Beware the Greenwash.
‘Nature positive’ must incorporate, not undermine, the mitigation hierarchy @NatureEcoEvo 🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
‘Nature positive’ must incorporate, not undermine, the mitigation hierarchy @NatureEcoEvo 🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...