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Jason Munshi-South

Jason Munshi-South

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
5252
World Ranking
7339
National Ranking
2471

Overview

Jason Munshi-South is affiliated with Drexel University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with significant contributions to subfields such as Ecology, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, and Social Psychology.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research

Jason Munshi-South has published extensively in several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Evolutionary Applications
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • BioEssays
  • Journal of Urban Ecology

Their recent papers include:

  • "Socio-eco-evolutionary dynamics in cities," 2020, Evolutionary Applications
  • "The Complexity of Urban Eco-evolutionary Dynamics," 2020, BioScience
  • "Widespread genetic connectivity of feral pigeons across the Northeastern megacity," 2020, Evolutionary Applications
  • "A global horizon scan for urban evolutionary ecology," 2022, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • "Interactions between climate change and urbanization will shape the future of biodiversity," 2024, Nature Climate Change

Frequent co-authors of Jason Munshi-South include:

  • Elizabeth J. Carlen
  • Marta Szulkin
  • Brian C. Verrelli
  • Marc T. J. Johnson
  • Marina Alberti

Best Publications

  • Evolution of life in urban environments.

    Marc T. J. Johnson;Jason Munshi-South

  • A roadmap for urban evolutionary ecology

    L. Ruth Rivkin;James S. Santangelo;Marina Alberti;Myla F. J. Aronson

  • Bats and birds: Exceptional longevity despite high metabolic rates

    Jason Munshi-South;Gerald S. Wilkinson

  • Gene flow and genetic drift in urban environments.

    Lindsay S. Miles;Lindsay S. Miles;L. Ruth Rivkin;Marc T. J. Johnson;Jason Munshi‐South

  • Urban landscape genetics: canopy cover predicts gene flow between white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) populations in New York City.

    Jason Munshi-South

  • Global population divergence and admixture of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus).

    Emily E. Puckett;Jane Park;Matthew Combs;Michael J. Blum

  • The Complexity of Urban Eco-evolutionary Dynamics

    Marina Alberti;Eric P Palkovacs;Simone Des Roches;Luc De Meester;Luc De Meester

  • Socio-eco-evolutionary dynamics in cities.

    Simone Des Roches;Kristien Inge Brans;Max R. Lambert;L. Ruth Rivkin

  • Population genomics of the Anthropocene: urbanization is negatively associated with genome-wide variation in white-footed mouse populations.

    Jason Munshi‐South;Christine P. Zolnik;Stephen E. Harris

  • Rapid, pervasive genetic differentiation of urban white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) populations in New York City

    Jason Munshi-South;Katerina Kharchenko

  • Signatures of rapid evolution in urban and rural transcriptomes of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in the New York metropolitan area.

    Stephen E. Harris;Jason Munshi-South;Craig Obergfell;Rachel O’Neill

  • Spatial population genomics of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) in New York City.

    Matthew Combs;Emily E. Puckett;Jonathan Richardson;Destiny Mims

  • Evolution of the indoor biome

    Laura J. Martin;Rachel I. Adams;Ashley Bateman;Holly M. Bik

  • Signatures of positive selection and local adaptation to urbanization in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus)

    Stephen E. Harris;Jason Munshi-South

  • Urban ecology: advancing science and society

    Colby J. Tanner;Frederick R. Adler;Nancy B. Grimm;Peter M. Groffman

  • A global horizon scan for urban evolutionary ecology.

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  • Physiological indicators of stress in African forest elephants ( Loxodonta africana cyclotis ) in relation to petroleum operations in Gabon, Central Africa

    Jason Munshi-South;Landry Tchignoumba;Janine Brown;Nicole Abbondanza

  • Trends in urban rat ecology: a framework to define the prevailing knowledge gaps and incentives for academia, pest management professionals (PMPs) and public health agencies to participate

    Michael H. Parsons;Michael H. Parsons;Peter B. Banks;Michael A. Deutsch;Robert F. Corrigan

  • Urban rat races: spatial population genomics of brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) compared across multiple cities

    Matthew Combs;Kaylee A. Byers;Bruno M. Ghersi;Michael J. Blum

  • Conservation genetics of extremely isolated urban populations of the northern dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus) in New York City

    Jason Munshi-South;Yana Zak;Ellen Pehek

  • Diet Influences Life Span in Parrots (Psittaciformes)

    Jason Munshi-South;Gerald S. Wilkinson

  • Monogamy: Mating Strategies and Partnerships in Birds, Humans and Other Mammals

    Jason Munshi-South

Frequent Co-Authors

Luc De Meester
Luc De Meester Freie Universität Berlin
Michael J. Blum
Michael J. Blum University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Adalgisa Caccone
Adalgisa Caccone Yale University
Marc T. J. Johnson
Marc T. J. Johnson University of Toronto
James C. Russell
James C. Russell University of Auckland
Gerald S. Wilkinson
Gerald S. Wilkinson University of Maryland, College Park
Nancy B. Grimm
Nancy B. Grimm Arizona State University
Andrew P. Hendry
Andrew P. Hendry McGill University
Marina Alberti
Marina Alberti University of Washington
Lorraine M. McElhinney
Lorraine M. McElhinney Animal and Plant Health Agency

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