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2024
Tracking Ground Arthropod Diversity in Urban Forests: Lessons Learned From a New Undergraduate Long-Term Project
   Brian Alfaro, Riley C. Porter, Tyler G. Foote, Mercedes J. Lohmann, Caroline Herring, Kaitlyn E. Blankley,    Julianne N. Anemone, Kayla Madden, David W. Unander, and Rachael E. Alfaro
Using Passive Acoustic Monitoring to Assess the Distribution of a Rare Frog in the NJ Meadowlands
   Michael J. Turso
Effect of the Edge on Eastern Cottontail Density: Urban Edges are Harder than Agricultural
   Sofia Abisag Montes-Rodríguez, Yury Glebskiy, and Zenón Cano-Santana
Zooplankton of the East River (Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York)
   Emily M. Herstoff, Maria A. Frias, Adrian Chelminski, Yacoub Alokam, Jimena R. Gallardo-Parada, Jessica    Genter, and Michael Tessler


2023
Tyto alba (Barn Owl) Food Habits in Metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona, USA: A Shift in Diet and Behavior
   Dylan A. Cooper and Keith Geluso
Lessons Learned from Managing Urban Peregrine Falcon Nests in Kentucky 1997–2021
   Michael D. Patton, Kate G. Slankard, and Kasia R. Bradley
Vegetation Description and Functional Traits of Technogenic Ecotopes at a Thermal Power Plant in Western Ukraine
   Uliana Semak, Myroslava Mylen’ka, and Leonie K. Fischer
Assessing the Relationship Between Land Cover Variables and the Diversity of Acoustic Bat Detections in Urban and Rural Areas
   Nicholas Comparato
Prey Dynamics Before, During, and After Red Foxes Den on an Urban University Campus
   Maximilian L. Allen and Remington J. Moll
Gapeworm (Syngamus trachea) Infection in First-Year European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) from Urban Airports in Northeastern USA
   Zhuoxue Chen and Suzanne C. Sukhdeo
Hibernacula Selection by Wood Frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) in a Developing Landscape
   Thomas Hastings, Kristine Hoffmann, Laura Kleist, Aram Calhoun, and Malcolm Hunter, Jr.
The Bee (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) Fauna of a Transmission Right-of-way in a Highly Developed and Fragmented Landscape of Central New Jersey
   David Moskowitz and David Grossmueller
Observational Habitat Use of the Rose Mallow Bee Ptilothrix bombiformis Hymenoptera: Apodiae in a Suburban Landscape
   David Moskowitz
Urban Archipelago Limits Goldenrod Gall Fly Distribution
   Khalil Malcolm and Robert Warren II
Loggerhead Shrike Occurrence Along Urban Gradients in South Carolina’s Coastal Plain
   Michelle A. Krauser and Christopher E. Hill
Diel Activity Patterns of Sympatric Mesopredators in a Suburban Preserve Network
   John P. Vanek, Andrew U. Rutter, Timothy S. Preuss, Holly P. Jones, and Gary A. Glowacki
Avian Species Turnover, Change in Species Composition of Suburban Adapters, and Reduction in Abundance of Suburban Adapters and Urban Invaders in the Central Business District of Rockingham, North Carolina: Comparison of 1994 vs 2021
   Douglas B. McNair

2022
Nitrogen-limited Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms in Deal Lake, New Jersey
   Jason E. Adolf, Katie Saldutti, Erin Conlon, Eric Ernst, Bill Heddendorf, Sheri Shifren, and Robert Schuster
Isotopic Analysis of Esox niger (Chain Pickerel) Diet Contributions in an Urban Pond
   David R. Christensen, Carl A. Favata, and Raymond J. Bressette
Lichens and Allied Fungi of Rouge National Urban Park in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario
   R. Troy McMullin, Claudia Cadranel, Katherine H.I. Drotos, Jose R. Maloles,
   Juliana T. Skuza, and Carl-Adam Wegenschimmel
Comfortably Numb? Regional Differences in the Relationship Between Indices of Urbanization and a Stress Indicator in Eastern Gray Squirrels
   Rebecca Rimbach, Alannah Grant, Pratik R. Gupte, Amy Newman, Mason R. Stothart, and Herman Pontzer
Biodiversity Between Buildings: Results of a Two-Year Vertebrate Survey on a University Campus
   John David Curlis, Rebecca Scott, Emily Evans, Michelle Cawthorn, C. Ray Chandler, James Roberts, and    Lance McBrayer
A Diverse Aquatic Turtle Assemblage in an Urban Mississippi Oasis
   Gracie Bellnap and Will Selman
Using Noninvasive Genetics for Estimating Density and Assessing Diet of Urban and Rural Coyotes in Florida, USA
   Bryan M. Kluever, Martin B. Main, Stewart W. Breck, Robert C. Lonsinger, John H. Humphrey, Justin W.    Fischer, Michael P. Milleson, and Antoinette J. Piaggio
Avian Diversity and Land Use Along the Bronx River
   Amanda J. Goldstein, David C. Lahti, and Bobby Habig Use and Distribution of Roosts by Florida Bonneted Bats in Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA: Addition to Webb et al. 2021
   Frank N. Ridgley, Kirsten M. Bohn, Israel Salazar, Sonya Thompson, and Melquisedec Gamba-Rios
Discovery of a Species Rich Assemblage of Freshwater Mussel Species in the Metropolitan Lake Houston, Harris County, Texas
   Steve Johnson, Lori Johnson, Stephen Van Kampen Lewis, Mike Farris, Chris Collins, Jeff Fox,
   Raymond Thomas Sankey, and Eric C. Munscher

2021
Occurrence of Shortnose Sturgeon in the Tidal Schuylkill River, an Urbanized and Industrialized Tributary of the Delaware River
   Harold M. Brundage III
Breeding by Sedge Wrens at an Urban Reclaimed Landfill in New York
   José R. Ramírez-Garofalo, Shannon R. Curley, and Caitlin E. Field
Urban Wetland Reconstruction Impacts on Vegetation: A Case Study
   Megan A. Larson, Julien Shepherd, and John E. Titus
Breeding Bird Patterns and Species Turnover within the Central Business District of a Town: Results from Rockingham, North Carolina, USA
   Douglas B. McNair
Habitat Suitability and Eastern Gray Squirrel Abundance in the Boston Public Garden
   Jon-Luc Jarboe and Lauren Nolfo-Clements
Urban Roosts: Use of Buildings by Florida Bonneted Bats
   Elysia N. Webb, Holly K. Ober, Elizabeth C. Braun de Torrez, Jeffery A. Gore3, and Ricardo Zambrano
Ecology of an Urban Turtle Assemblage in a Central Florida Lake
   Bryan T. Snapp, Ashley L. Pelegrin, Jaleel O. Benjamin, and Gabriel J. Langford
Urban Spider Diversity in Los Angeles Assessed Using a Community Science Approach
   Janet K. Kempf, Benjamin J. Adams, and Brian V. Brown
Avian Use of Exotic Street Treescapes in Metropolitan Areas of Phoenix, Arizona
   Brian E. Washburn, Kristen A. Hoss, and David L. Bergman

2020
New York City East River Fish Species Inventory and Emergence of a Unique Fish Community Science Network
   Peter J. Park, Christopher D. Girgenti, Isa G. Del Bello, Christina M. Tobitsch, Devin M. Gorsen,et al.
Uses of Wetlands in the Urban Coastal Meadowlands of New Jersey, USA
   Erik Kiviat
Landscape and Yard-scale Characteristics Drive House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) Nest Site Selection in the Northeastern USA
   Susannah B. Lerman and William V. DeLuca
Cozy in the City: The Morphology and Spatial Ecology of Copperheads in an Urban Forest
   Malle F. Carrasco-Harris, Judith A. Cole, and Steve Reichling
Dampens Competitive Superiority Between Two Hemidactylus Gecko Species on Buildings
   Walter E. Meshaka, Jr, Malcolm L. McCallum, Connor Voirin, and Jon Moore
Eastern Gray Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) Differ in Abundance and Response to Humans Across Urban Habitats of St. Louis
   Liam D. Engel, Elizabeth J. Carlen, Jonathan B. Losos, and Kristin M. Winchell
Discovery of an Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) Population in Metropolitan Houston, Harris County, Texas
   Eric Munscher, Jordan Gray, Arron Tuggle, Day B. Ligon, Valeria Gladkaya, Carl Franklin, Chris Drake, et al.
Macroinvertebrate Assemblages, Stormwater Pollution, and Habitat Stressors in the Bronx River
   Alejandro Baladrón and David J. Yozzo

2019
Both Citizen Science Data and Field Surveys Detect Negative Impacts of Urbanization on Bird Communities
   Caryn Ross and Sujan Henkanaththegedara
Persistence in the Face of Change: Effects of Human Recreation on Coyote (Canis latrans) Habitat Use in an Altered Ecosystem
   Morgan J. Farmer and Maximilian L. Allen
Bird Communities at the Suburban–Rural Interface: The Role of Low-intensity, Small-scale Urbanization
   Kara Loeb Belinsky, Eric Keeling, and Dakota R. Snyder
Species Richness Within an Urban Coyote (Canis latrans) Territory in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
   Christopher B. Mowry and Lawrence A. Wilson
Five-Year Response of Spontaneous Vegetation to Removal of Invasive Amur Bush Honeysuckle Along an Urban Creek
   Rebecca W. Dolan and Kelly H. Brown
Placement of a Recycling Container and Informational Signs Reduces Fishing Line and Tackle Litter at a Residential Lake: A Case Study
   Reneé E. Carleton, Savannah McKenzie, Eddie Elsberry, and Chandler Klemm
Mourning Dove Nest on a Palmchat Colony in Urban Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
   Susannah B. Lerman, David I. King, Wayne Arendt, María M. Paulino, and Luis R. Paulino
Colonization of Hispaniola by Margarops fuscatus Vieillot (Pearly-eyed Thrasher)
   Wayne J. Arendt, María M. Paulino, Luis R. Pau- lino, Marvin A. Tórrez, and Oksana P. Lane
No. 22American Robin (Turdus migratorius) Feeds a Nestling Carcass to Nestlings in an Urban Environment
   Dustin E. Brewer and Adam M. Fudickar
Diet of Trachemys scripta (Red-eared Slider) and Graptemys geographica (Common Map Turtle) in an Urban Landscape
   Jessica D. Stephens and Travis J. Ryan
Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to Quantify Mistletoe in Urban Environments
   David Kulhavy, Christopher Schalk, Reid Viegut, Daniel Unger, Schaeffer Shockley, and I-Kuai Hung

2018
Preserving Habitat for Athene cunicularia floridana (Florida Burrowing Owl): Challenges and Solutions from Cape Coral, Florida, USA
    Hubert B. Stroud and Mary K. Kilmer
The Effect of Urbanization on the Life History and Color of Black Widow Spiders
   Theresa M. Gburek and J. Chadwick Johnson
Use of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to Assess and Quantify Risk of Entanglement in Synthetic Baling Twine in Pandion haliaetus (Osprey) Nests
   James F. Dwyer and Michael C. Tincher
Essential Fish Habitat for Nearshore Sentinel Species of Fishes and Crabs in Heavily Urbanized New York Harbor
   Kenneth W. Able and Thomas M. Grothues
Effects of Urbanization on Great-tailed Grackle Habitat Use and Nest Success in Sherman, Texas
   Jason D. Luscier

2017
Short-term Responses of Fall Migratory Bird Communities to Suburban Riparian Management in Northeastern Missouri, USA
   Conor J. Gearin and Jason D. Luscier
New Records of White-Crowned Pigeon Nesting in Urban Key West and Miami, Florida
   Ricardo Zambrano and Thomas F. Sweets

2016
The Distribution of Amur Honeysuckle and Box Turtle Habitat Use in an Urban Forest
   Omar Attum, James Lowry, Bruce Kingsbury, and Evin Carter
Foraging Birds during Migratory Stopovers in the New York Metropolitan Area: Associations with Native and Non-native Plants
   Rachel B. Bricklin, Ellen M. Thomas, James D. Lewis, and J. Alan Clark
Bats in the Bronx: Acoustic Monitoring of Bats in New York City
   Kaitlyn L. Parkins, Michelle Mathios, Colleen McCann, and J. Alan Clark
Occupancy and Breeding Status of Coyotes in New York City Parks, 2011 to 2014
   Christopher M. Nagy, Carolyn Koestner, Suzanne Clemente, and Mark Weckel

2015
Bat-Species Diversity at an Urban–Rural Interface: Dominance by One Species in an Urban Area
   Jason P. Damm, Dale W. Sparks, and John O. Whitaker Jr.
Density of Nests of the Western Harvester Ant, Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Suburban and Urban Environments of Metropolitan Denver, Colorado
   Grant D. De Jong
Dendroecology, Forest Composition, and Land-Use History of a Suburban Cross Timbers Forest in Central Oklahoma
   Chad B. King and Justin Cheek
Diet, Habitat Use, and Size of an Urban Population of Coyotes Obtained Noninvasively
   Tyler Garwood, Ross Ziobro, Kathleen Keene, Angelina Waller, and Jonathan N. Pauli
Blood on the Tracks: Track Mortality and Scavenging Rate in Urban Nature Preserves
   Edward J. Heske

2014
Hydric Habitats are Important to Foraging Bats in the Bluegrass Region’s Urban Parks
   Shelby A. Fulton, Luke E. Dodd, and Lynne K. Rieske
Historic and Current Composition of Lizard Communities in Urban Preserves of Central Arizona, USA
   Brian K. Sullivan, David Vardukyan, and Keith O. Sullivan
Preformed Scour Holes Associated with Road Building May Maintain Anuran Diversity in Urbanizing Areas    Andrew J.B. Jennings and Stanley H. Faeth