We find that urbanization increases phenotypic variation within subpopulations by 11% on average (local spatial scales), and some evidence that urbanization also increases differentiation between subpopulations (larger landscape scales).

Last paper from my PhD at #EcolLett: dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele....

Using long-term data from European tit populations, we test three hypotheses to determine how urbanization affects phenotypic variation at different population levels.
#UrbanTitCollab #DiverCity #SPIBirds

Thanks to my fab co-authors and to @nikaudet.bsky.social for organizing the Genetics of Animal Cognition special issue: link.springer.com/collections/...

Using #quantgen, #commongarden, and #GWAS approaches, we find that urban and forest great tits do not differ (phenotypically or genetically) in their cognitive abilities related to inhibitory control, but show that cognitive variation may have a genetic basis.

We have a new paper out on the genetic vs. environmental drivers of cognition along an urban gradient: doi.org/10.1007/s100...

@lauragervais.bsky.social @dhanyabharath.bsky.social @annecharmantier.bsky.social @denisreale.bsky.social

#inhibitorycontrol #greattits #animalcognition

We find trait-specific evidence of urban evolution where genetic change likely drives urban divergence in body size and stress, while behavioural divergences are more strongly driven by plasticity.

Our common garden experiment with urban and forest great tits is out early view in Evolution! doi.org/10.1093/evol... @denisreale.bsky.social @annecharmantier.bsky.social