Bonier Lab

Challenges of Urbanization

Most species do not tolerate urbanization, yet a few persist and even thrive in cities. How do these species differ? In collaboration with Paul Martin, we are striving to answer this question and to better understand how birds cope with urban challenges.

You can learn about recent findings from our global, citizen science study on urban birds here and here.

We have recently launched the Urban Birds of Ontario project – a citizen science effort to document all the bird species that do and do not breed in Ontario’s 15 metro areas.

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If you’re an avid birder or naturalist, please consider contributing data to this study!

Current students on this project:

Rachel Fanelli (Msc), Kilian Egger-Peitler (PhD)