Megan Wheeler

Social-ecological science, esp in urban and residential landscapes🌵🏡🌴 she/her

[The Meineke Lab @EmilyMeineke]

I am hiring a postdoc along with @lessandrOssola to investigate effects of heat on tree function across 3 US cities: Raleigh, Sacramento, and New Orleans. We love trees (evidence below). Davis is a fun place to work, too! Apply here before July 1: https://t.co/TpAmnv6KlR

[Megan Wheeler @megmwheeler]

So happy to have this dissertation work on native landscaping out in the world! And thankful for @ProfKLLarson's support pushing it across the finish line 🏁🌵

[Megan Wheeler @megmwheeler]

"There are as many definitions of ‘native’ as there are species of Carex in New England (195 species the last time I checked)." Great start to a thoughtful article about what it means to plant native for wildlife
https://t.co/yXdL3i6vkz

[Megan Wheeler @megmwheeler]

@jamorgenroth Interested to see this paper - have been thinking about this question as well. So far have tended to consider canopy cover of native ecosystems as one end point, but eg NY might aim lower than native while PHX might aim higher to adjust for urban constraints & needs

[Sam Safran @sam_safran]

New paper w/ @sfei_asc+@presidiosf in @JAppliedEcology!

Our cities have lost many species over time. Can some be brought back?

We use @Team_eBird data to explore drivers of California Quail occupancy in city parks & the potential for reintroduction in San Francisco’s Presidio.

[Megan Wheeler @megmwheeler]

📢Job Alert: The urban nature lab @sfei_asc is looking for 3-4 new staff at MS & PhD levels - join our team! We work closely with cities, agencies, and private land managers to imagine science-based greening in the cities of the future 🌳🏙️🐦 https://t.co/6O3heQM0zk #job

[Ecological Applications @ESAApplications]

New in @ESAApplications:

Residential yard management and landscape cover affect urban bird community diversity across the continental USA

https://t.co/4iMXB4ZaHV

With #OpenData in @EDIgotdata

#Ornithology #UrbanEcology #WildlifeFriendly #ResidentialMacrosystems #NSFFunded

[Lauren Stoneburner @LNStoneburner]

Super excited to present our final #HiddenNatureSF #historicalecology mapping and online tools next Tuesday! This project has been such a fun and surprising journey, and I can’t wait to share it with you!

[Megan Wheeler @megmwheeler]

@carlyziter @MunsonAlison There isn't much focused on biodiversity-supporting landscaping though to my understanding, mostly about stormwater management & heat mitigation. Would love to see this better incorporated into sustainable buildings!

[Erica Spotswood @espots99]

Just wrote an opinion piece in The Hill on the case for conserving biodiversity conservation in cities. Check out here: https://t.co/TKrz6gxekk

[Ethan Baruch @EthanBaruch]

Why are resources that cross a spatial boundary much more than subsidies? Check out our new @ESAEcology paper @BatemanHL, @dalytle, David Merritt, and @saboByH2O

[Erica Spotswood @espots99]

I'm excited to be a part of an important piece of work published today. With my excellent collaborators, @RobIMcDonald shows that inequality in tree cover is widespread across US cities. Everyone deserves access to the life-affirming benefits of trees. We must act to fix this.

[Dexter H Locke @DextraordinaryH]

Ambiguity and clarity in residential yard ordinances across metropolitan areas in the United States https://t.co/oQrIELxlEF by @wildengebretson @ProfKLLarson @riley_andrade @megmwheeler @susannah_lerman @tletrammell @PeterGroffman cc @lnz37 @mromolini @AnUrbanForester

[Michele D. Clark @MicheleDClark1]

Join the 15th annual WAESO conference virtually this year and support our undergraduate student researchers! March 19-20th, register here: https://t.co/ihQUiE7tww #undergraduate #mentoring #DiversityandInclusion #WomenInSTEM

[Megan Wheeler @megmwheeler]

@DouglasLawton @DrNitrogen It is indeed

[Ecological Monographs @ESAMonographs]

New in @ESAMonographs:

Water and nitrogen shape winter annual plant diversity and community composition in near-urban Sonoran Desert preserves

#OpenData at @caplter

@NSF @megmwheeler @ESA_Prez2013 @DrNitrogen @e_m_cook @R_Sponseller17 @HallOfNature

https://t.co/gQnu9oCFTm

[Robert Ian McDonald, Ph.D. @RobIMcDonald]

My talking head, on cities and biodiversity, commenting on @espots99 excellent Bioscience paper: https://t.co/KnbU9YAntD

[Megan Wheeler @megmwheeler]

New work from my colleagues at @sfei_asc! @espots99 et al asked, how can #cities make a positive impact for #biodiversity? Benefits via release from natural pressures, habitat heterogeneity, migratory stopovers, regional genetic diversity, and public engagement. #urbanecology

[American Institute of Biological Sciences @AIBSbiology]

In this Advance Article, @espots99, @MylaAronson and 4 other #scientists identify five pathways by which cities can benefit regional #ecosystems. #aibs #bioscience #sciencejournal https://t.co/VqncYJfWMr

[Ashley Broadbent @Ash__Broadbent]

Urban climate modeling and heat mitigation folk, please check out this new paper lead by Scott Krayenhoff now available online. We systematically and critically reviewed 146 heat mitigation modeling papers...

https://t.co/8WBTiZ7kzb
@AMSUrbanClimate @IAUrbanClimate