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Professor | Herpetologist, field ecologist and also birds Hbateman.faculty.asu.edu
Our article has been published today in @PeerJLife
peerj.com/articles/19980
Lead author student mentee - thanks to NSF REU funding CoupledNaturalandHumanSystems 🪶🌎🧑🔬
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How urban impervious surface shapes bird foraging behavior in an arid city
Wildlife behavior and interactions in urban ecosystems can vary across landscape types and species, with some birds dominating human-derived resources. This study investigates the relationship between...
https://peerj.com/articles/19980
about 2 months ago
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Applied Ornithology field trip was a success! We camped along the San Pedro River and students learned surveying for rails, owls, and point count surveys in riparian forest. 🪶🌎
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How do lizards respond to ecohydrologic conditions in an arid, urban environment? Check out this study by CAP LTER investigator
@lizardphd.bsky.social
and colleagues to learn more!
doi.org/10.1002/eco....
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Drought and Vegetation Lag Effects Influence Lizard Abundance: A 10‐Year Study of Perennial and Intermittent Urban River Areas
Animals living in urban desert ecosystems are affected by temperature extremes and altered hydrological regimes. Cities can alter both the physical and biotic environment by increasing temperature an...
https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.70039
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New paper on long-term lizard declines.🦎 Abundance highest in wet yrs (we haven't had many!). Some species abund related to lagged effects from vegetation cover, emphasizing the delayed response of biotic communities to ecosystem changes.
#urban
#herps
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doi.org/10.1002/eco....
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Neighborhood Western Screech Owl working on its winter tan.🪶
9 months ago
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First field trip of Ornithology, our classroom for the day! We saw this Green Heron and 46 other species while birding at urban wetlands. ASU Applied Bio.
#birding
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10 months ago
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New research on overlap of solar energy potential and critical habitats in the Southwest - Desert Tortoises and Bendire's Thrasher.
phys.org/news/2025-01...
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Our lab studies reptiles and amphibians in urban and wildland places. Plus - we work with some awesome collaborators!
add a skeleton here at some point
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