evolutionary forces in urban landscapes

Evolutionary Forces in Urban Landscapes

Jason Munshi-SouthFordham University

@urbanevol

INDIVIDUAL STORIES

URBAN EVOLUTIONARY

SYNDROME?

Wada-Katsumata et al. 2013. doi:10.1126/science.1234854

Brady, S.P. 2012. doi:10.1038/srep00235

Wirgin et al. 2011. doi:10.1126/science.1197296

Cheptou et al. 2008 PNAS 105:3796-3799

PERSECUTION

POLLUTION(CLIMATE CHANGE)

ISOLATION

POPULATION DENSITY

Inter-specific competition

Intra-specific competition

Adapted from Table 1 in Lankau & Strauss. 2011. Evolutionary Applications 4: 338-353.

ECO-EVOLUTIONARY FEEDBACK

GENOTYPEFREQUENCIES ECOLOGY

REGIONAL SPECIES

POOL(NATIVES)

GLOBALSPECIES

POOL(NON-NATIVES)

NOVELABIOTIC

CONTEXT

HUMANVARIABLES

INTERACTING URBAN ASSEMBLAGES

URBAN FORESTS

GRASS / BARE SOILBUILDINGSSEWERS & SUBWAYS

BUILDINGS

ANT ASSEMBLAGES IN NYC

Unpublished figure courtesy A. Savage & R. Dunn

SOIL FUNGUS

GREEN ROOF

CITY PARK

HIGH LINE

Adapted from Fig. 7 in McGuire et al. 2013. PLOS ONE 8(3): 58020.doi: 10.1371/journal.pone/0058020

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