Online toolkits for collaborative and inclusive global research in urban evolutionary ecology

• DOI: 10.22541/au.171258335.52343398/v1
• Publication Date: 2024-04-08T13:35:56Z
• Authors: Amy Savage; Meredith Willmott; Pablo Moreno; Daijiang Li; Anna Malesis; Zuzanna Jagiełło; Lindsay Miles; Hanna Kuzyo; Cristian Román Pa...; David Salazar; Brian Verrelli; Kristin Winchell; Marina Alberti; Elizabeth Carlen; Cleo Falvey; Lauren Johnson; Ella Martin; John Marzluff; Jason Munshi-South; Megan Phifer-Rixey; Ignacy Stadnicki; Marta Szulkin; Santago Bonilla-B...; Yuyu Zhou; Kiyoko Gotanda
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; eco‐evolutionary dynamics; Ecology; collaborations; eco-evolutionary dynamics; science communication; 03 medical and health sciences; urban ecology; Viewpoint; urban evolutionary ecology; international; decolonization; QH540-549.5

Urban evolutionary ecology is inherently interdisciplinary. Moreover, it a field with global significance. However, bringing researchers and resources together across fields countries challenging. Therefore, an online collaborative research hub, where common methods best practices are shared among scientists from diverse geographic, ethnic, career backgrounds would make focused on urban more inclusive. Here, we describe freely available hub for toolkits that facilitate in ecology. We provide rationales descriptions of for: (1) decolonizing ecology; (2) identifying fostering international partnerships; (3) freely-available datasets trait mapping cities; (4) cross-city experiments; (5) public outreach communication findings outline how the can be accessed, archived, modified over time order to sustain long-term will advance our understanding