COS 100 - Urban Ecosystems 4

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM EDT

  Longitudinal metatranscriptomic sequencing of Southern California wastewater
  

  Presenting Author: Jason A. Rothman – University of California: Irvine

  Coauthor: Andrew Saghir – University of California: Irvine

  Coauthor: Joshua A. Steele – Southern California Coastal Water Research Project

  Coauthor: Amity G. Zimmer-Faust – Southern California Coastal Water Research Project

  Coauthor: Kylie Langlois – Southern California Coastal Water Research Project

  Coauthor: John F. Griffith – Southern California Coastal Water Research Project

  Coauthor: Katrine L. Whiteson – University of California: Irvine
• 1:45 PM – 2:00 PM EDT

  CANCELLED - The Seed Pile Project: A Community Science Project Focused on Urban Native Seed Dispersal
  

  Presenting Author: Billy Krimmel – Miridae

  Coauthor: Haven Kiers – UC Davis

  Coauthor: Caroline Larsen – Miridae Living Labs

  Coauthor: Kate Hayes, RLA – Miridae
• 2:00 PM – 2:15 PM EDT

  Urbanization promotes genetic divergence of functional traits in Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed)
  

  Presenting Author: Sophie Breitbart – University of Toronto

  Coauthor: Anurag Agrawal – Cornell University

  Coauthor: Marc TJ Johnson – University of Toronto Mississauga

  Coauthor: Helene Wagner – University of Toronto
• 2:15 PM – 2:30 PM EDT

  Adaptation to the urban heat island in weedy plant species across US cities
  

  Presenting Author: Eric G. Yee – Johns Hopkins University

  Coauthor: Meghan L. Avolio – Johns Hopkins University
• 2:30 PM – 2:45 PM EDT

  The scale and extent of ecosystem services produced by urban green spaces
  

  Presenting Author: John English – University of Toronto- Scarborough

  Coauthor: J. Scott MacIvor – Biological Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
• 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM EDT

  Squirrels just wanna eat crumbs: Littered food waste removal by animals in urban green spaces
  

  Presenting Author: Timothy M. Swartz – Center for Biodiversity, Department of Biology, Temple University

  Coauthor: Alison R. Blaney – Center for Biodiversity, Department of Biology, Temple University

  Coauthor: Jocelyn E. Behm – Center for Biodiversity, Department of Biology, Temple University