Meet UrBioNet at ESA Portland, Tuesday night 5-6 pm, in front of the Urban Ecosystems Posters (PS 29, posters 163-189) or email Myla Aronson (myla.aron...@rutgers.edu) or Charles Nilon (nil...@missouri.edu).
Urban Biodiversity Research Coordination Network (UrBioNet) Project: How does urban context influence functional traits across taxonomic groups? Open call for data and contributors! UrBioNet is a global network for urban biodiversity research and practice funded through the US National Science Foundation's Research Coordination Network (RCN) program (NSF RCN: DEB# 1354676/1355151). We are currently coordinating a collaborative research project focusing on the research question: Does the urban context (of a site) influence the functional traits of multiple taxonomic assemblages in consistent ways? To address this question, we are conducting a global analysis on a collection of spatially explicit datasets for amphibians, bats, bees, carabid beetles, butterflies, birds, mammals and plants, but may also include additional groups if sufficient information can be collected in time. We are currently looking for collaborators who are interested in working with us on this project, through the contribution of their datasets and taxonomic expertise. If you would like to find out more, please visit our project webpage at: http://urbionet.weebly.com/patterns--traits-of-urban-biodiversity.html Timelines for this project are relatively short as we want to submit our collaborative multi-authored manuscript in early 2018. We'd love to hear from you! UrBioNet Patterns & Traits Project Coordinators: Amy Hahs ha...@unimelb.edu.au; Myla Aronson myla.aron...@rutgers.edu UrBioNet Chief Investigators: Charlie Nilon nil...@missouri.edu; Myla Aronson myla.aron...@rutgers.edu UrBioNet Urban Biodiversity Project Taxa Coordinators: Amphibians/Reptiles urbionet.amphibians.repti...@gmail.com Dr Adriana Herrera Montes, Dr Ian MacGregor Fors Bats urbionet.b...@gmail.com Dr Caragh Threlfall, Dr Kirsten Jung, Ela Carpenter Bees urbionet.b...@gmail.com Dr Scott MacIvor, Dr Caragh Threlfall, Dr Nick Williams Birds urbionet.bi...@gmail.com Dr Madhusudan Katti, Dr Ian MacGregor Fors, Dr Chris Lepczyk, Dr Chris Trisos Butterflies urbionet.butterfl...@gmail.com Dr Scott MacIvor, Julie Goodness Carabids urbionet.carab...@gmail.com Dr Marco Moretti, Dr Johan Kotze Mammals urbionet.mamm...@gmail.com Dr Chris Lepczyk, Dr Kirsten Jung Plants urbionet.pla...@gmail.com Dr Sonja Knapp, Dr Nick Williams, Dr Myla Aronson, Dr Amy Hahs, Max Piana, Julie Goodness Spiders Dr Marco Moretti, Dr Johan Kotze
