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    Author Correction: Urbanization, climate and species traits shape mammal communities from local to continental scales

    Jeffrey D. Haight, Sharon J. Hall, Mason Fidino in Nature Ecology & Evolution (2024)

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    Urbanization, climate and species traits shape mammal communities from local to continental scales

    Human-driven environmental changes shape ecological communities from local to global scales. Within cities, landscape-scale patterns and processes and species characteristics generally drive local-scale wildli...

    Jeffrey D. Haight, Sharon J. Hall, Mason Fidino in Nature Ecology & Evolution (2023)

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    Carnivore coexistence in Chicago: niche partitioning of coyotes and red foxes

    Mesopredators including coyotes (Canis latrans) and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) often co-occur in urban environments, but how niche partitioning facilitates their coexistence remains unclear. Highly urbanized areas...

    Alyson M. Cervantes, Robert L. Schooley, Elizabeth W. Lehrer in Urban Ecosystems (2023)

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    Public perception of urban wildlife during a COVID-19 stay-at-home quarantine order in Chicago

    Reduced human activity to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by reports of unusual wildlife sightings in highly developed areas. Such experiences with urban nature may have helped res...

    Maureen H. Murray, Kaylee A. Byers, Jacqueline Buckley in Urban Ecosystems (2023)

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    An assessment of touchscreens for testing primate food preferences and valuations

    Typically, animals’ food preferences are tested manually, which can be both time-consuming and vulnerable to experimenter biases. Given the utility of ascertaining animals’ food preferences for research and hu...

    Lydia M. Hopper, Crystal L. Egelkamp, Mason Fidino in Behavior Research Methods (2019)

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    Long-term declines of a highly interactive urban species

    Urbanization generates shifts in wildlife communities, with some species increasing their distribution and abundance, while others decline. We used a dataset spanning 15 years to assess trends in distribution ...

    Seth B. Magle, Mason Fidino in Biodiversity and Conservation (2018)

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    Trends in Long-Term Urban Bird Research

    The vast majority of urban bird research is conducted over relatively short time frames (1–2 years), thereby limiting our ability to understand how temporal processes influence urban bird populations and commu...

    Mason Fidino, Seth B. Magle in Ecology and Conservation of Birds in Urban Environments (2017)