Urban Wildlife Information Network
@uwi_network
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A collaboration of urban ecologists across the world collecting data to help build more wildlife friendly cities and address our growing biodiversity crisis.
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Joined September 2019
RT @LPZ_UWI: The 2025 Biota awards application for post-doctoral research has been posted! We'd love to explore this possibility with peopl….
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Thanks to all our contributors and participants as we gear up for week 4 in the first ever UWIN Workshop series!
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RT @ms_woodchuck: Come work with us! Our year-long Research Intern position provides great experience working on ALL of our field projects….
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RT @tagrittenhouse: Interested in bats? Do you have experience with acoustic monitoring? Join my labgroup! Recruiting a MS student for f….
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A great reminder that ecological data comes with biases, but collaborative research can help unravel real and important patterns like environmental inequities.
In the unequal distribution of birds and other species, ecologists are tracing the impact of bigoted urban policies adopted decades ago.
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RT @MullinaxLab: New Urban Wildlife Job Board!!!. Great work by @TWS_UWWG.
urbanwildlifegroup.org
Table of urban wildlife job postings.
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3. Employ bird-friendly infrastructure (see for ideas).
abcbirds.org
If a bird has collided with your home, you are not alone as up to 1 billion birds die each year following window collisions in the United States. The good news is that you can install one of the...
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1. Turning off exterior lights, dimming interior lights, and using curtains or shades at night.
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"Exceedingly high numbers of collisions in urban Chicago, especially from buildings with lights on" . Support our birds by. 1/3
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RT @warblerchips: An editorial from the Chicago Sun-Times about bird kills at buildings in Chicago and how terrible it is we just allow it….
chicago.suntimes.com
Protective measures can save many birds migrating through the area. Chicago should never have another night when almost 1,000 birds die.
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RT @MaxRLambert: Absolutely ecstatic to receive the first printed versions of our book. @UrbanSchell, amazing colleagues, & I assembled thi….
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RT @masonfidino: Starting a new #rstats project? Here are five tips for helping keep things orderly while working on your analysis. 👇 1/6.
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We are happy to welcome our 50th #UWIN member, @clevemetroparks! Our alliance is expanding rapidly and there's still room to grow--reach out to learn more.
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RT @EcoDynIZW: In his 1st PhD-paper, Mwezi @IZWberlin uncovers a clear mismatch between the distribution of #CameraTrap studies and global….
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Linking to an old episode for background on new raccoon cognition research from #UWIN Vancouver:.
science.ubc.ca
This summer, you can turn your backyard into a raccoon IQ test to help researchers figure out just how brainy your average ‘trash panda’ is. Raccoons have big brains and thrive in complex city...
Trash, mayhem, memorials: TWO beautiful raccoon episodes await you: . With eight raccoon scientists: @YorkPsychology @HannahGriebling @drkldg @Jess_inthewild @lauren_stanton_ @Animal_Wonders & of course, THE @Raccoonologist . (Reply w/ raccoon memes thnx)
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Exciting new meta analysis "provide[s] further evidence to counter the fallacies that urban environments are biological deserts, and that biodiversity conservation is incompatible with urban areas".
Hello, we are sharing our recent publication titled 'Urbanisation generates multiple trait syndromes for terrestrial animal taxa worldwide,' which was published in @NatureComms
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RT @UrbanSchell: It was blast to work with host/friend @SCampbellstaton, @DaysEdge, et al. on an episode of the @pbs show, #HumanFootprintP….
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RT @remington_moll: Hunting bobcat on a @NH_AES research farm woodland (aka a bona fide @UofNH wildcat!) . Southeastern New Hampshire, USA….
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Exciting catch on @WildBasinCRC & UWIN Austin's cameras, a federally endangered golden-cheeked warbler, 𝑆𝑒𝑡𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑎𝑔𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑟𝑦𝑠𝑜𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑎!. A photo-first in the Wild Basin Preserve.
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