Pre-college urban ecology research mentoring: promoting broader participation in the field of ecology for an urban future

Urban Landscape Ecology: Past, Present, and Future

Cities are home to more than half of the world population. Cities have been the centers of economic and social developments, as well as sources of many major environmental problems. Cities are created and maintained by the most intense form of human-nature interactions. Cities are spatially extended, complex adaptive systems—which we call landscapes. The future of humanity will increasingly rel...

Grand challenges in urban ecology

The field of urban ecology has seen a major expansion in the last two decades. As the world rapidly urbanizes, human settlements constitute one of the few ecosystems on earth that are significantly increasing in their extent. As a result, interest from both the scientific community and society at large has turned its attention to the functioning of cities and their impacts on larger regions, gl...

The Ecology of Urban Squirrels in Singapore

In this study, observational studies were conducted on the population of plantain squirrels on the Kent Ridge campus of the National University of Singapore. Focal animal sampling was used, and activities of squirrels recorded down when they were located. Squirrels were observed to inhabit a range of vegetation types found on the campus, and majority of plant material consumed by the squirrels ...

Urban Coyote Ecology and Management

Acknowledgments This project has been supported primarily by Cook County (Illinois) Animal Control, with special support from the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (FPDCC). In particular, we would like to thank Dr. Dan Parmer for his support. Chris Anchor, FPDCC, has provided invaluable assistance with many aspects of the project. Rob Erickson was co...

The Ecology of Urban Forest Edges