Urban Ecology

Urbanisation is a key driver in the loss, fragmentation and modification of natural habitats resulting in the global loss of biodiversity. As the human population, and consequently the rate of urbanisation, continues to increase exponentially it is important to understand how to…

With this dissertation I present a self-narrative autoethnography to share the pedagogical practices that have been found to be successful in the academic achievement of mathematics with a specific sector of Students of Color, Black/African American students, in the urban inner-…

Urban ecology, evolution, and conservation are important disciplines in our urbanized and urbanizing world. In the last twenty years, academic work has elucidated generalizable patterns about how urbanization affects the natural world. In this talk, I will approach these pattern…

Urban areas are often considered adverse environments for wildlife communities given that the colonization and establishment of local species pools are disrupted by biotic and abiotic changes at different spatial scales such as the introduction of invasive species, periodic mowi…

The study of the architecture of urban trees is important for the management of urban forests to optimize their ecological and socioeconomic services. Trees have a fractal-like architecture which is disrupted by competition for light. Therefore, studying the architecture of open…

Anthropogenic noise represents a major obstacle to anurans in urban landscapes because they rely heavily on vocalizations to find breeding grounds, choose mates, and settle territorial disputes. A large proportion of urban frogs may be affected by noise, as past research suggest…