Christopher Schell
@urbanschell
Assistant Professor @UCBerkeley in @ESPM_Berkeley studying urban wildlife ecology, conservation, and environmental justice. #GoBears!
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28-09-2014 00:24:38
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Check out the latest Urban Wildlife Information Network paper led by Mason Fidino, PhD which shows how the effects of gentrification in cities extends to wildlife!
got to sit down a while ago and chat with the homies David AttenBruh & Allison all about squirrels and more!! check it out if you want :) open.spotify.com/episode/3Q4wOrβ¦
ESPM professor Christopher Schell will guide a team of global experts from universities, research institutes, NGOs, and government agencies as lead author of the "Nature and Equity" chapter in the U.S. Global Change Research Program's forthcoming National Nature Assessment. Read more: nature.berkeley.edu/news/2024/05/cβ¦
The fact that Breaking the Mold gets all this π is all about the scientists who shared their stories. So truly, the π is to Anita Marshall Dr. Alex Moore π΅πΈπΎπͺ Dr. Devyani Singh Christopher Schell Daniel Palacios Dr. Marshall Shepherd Prof. Katharine Hayhoe Gabi Serrato Marks, PhD Caroline Solomon Rupert Koopman & others not on X
Stay up to date on Bay Area coyote research, management, and coexistence and report your coyote sightings to help with all these efforts. Big thanks to Christine Wilkinson, PhD π for leading this effort! AwooooπΊ(how is there still no #coyote emoji?)
Here is me BEAMING while standing in front of the new California: State of Nature exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences! What an incredible privilege to have contributed to the development of an #urbanwildlife feature (look scat!). Come see it TONIGHT at NightLife!π©π§¬πΎ
It was SO exciting to attend the opening of the new California: State of Nature exhibit at California Academy of Sciences! For ~1.5 yrs, I served as a consultant, co-creating the Urban Ecology and Wildlife Corridors/Connectivity exhibits shown in this video. So much funπ₯Ή! Come check it out πΎπ£
Second Dissertation chapter published! We found that Interstate-5 and the Washington Ship Canal acted as strong barriers to coyote gene flow in Seattle, Washington using STRUCTURE and private alleles. Congrats all! Laura Prugh Robert Long Christopher Schell β¦iley-com.offcampus.lib.washington.edu/doi/10.1111/meβ¦
see this thread for more about our results showing disparities in California for detecting species, species richness, & altered community composition!! co-authored w/ some great folks!! Mason Fidino, PhD Christine Wilkinson, PhD π Rachel Morello-Frosch Christopher Schell 2/2
2025 Smith Fellows Request for Proposals Announced! Deadline is September 30, 2024. View the proposal guidelines here: conbio.org/mini-sites/smiβ¦
Professor and SJ Hall Chair in Forest Economics Matthew Potts co-authored a new study led by Conservation Intl that found that well-planned reforestation projects have up to 10 times more low-cost carbon removal potential than previously estimated. nature.berkeley.edu/news/2024/07/rβ¦
happy to share a new paper co-led w/ Dr. Elizabeth Carlen where we find that generally, census tracts w/ less income, less white people, and were previously redlined have less eBird/iNaturalist data than you would expect based on area or population density! ecologyandsociety.org/vol29/iss3/artβ¦
ππΎ We're so grateful Dr. Ignace could participate in this important session on the great work of Ecological Society sections that support minoritized scholars! Let's keep the conversation going!
Hey y'all! It's been a minute. A longer update is coming, but for now: I'm sharing an essay I wrote for the book Heart of the Wild edited by Ben Minteer and Jonathan B. Losos, with an amazing author group, and I'm honored to be among them. My essay is linked below! lithub.com/to-dream-of-beβ¦