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Scopus Author ID: 56089114300

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urban ecology, landscape genetics, population genomics

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Biography

I am an urban evolutionary biologist and Professor of Biological Sciences at Fordham University. My laboratory is based at the Louis Calder Center, Fordham's biological field station in Armonk, NY.

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Employment (3)

Fordham University: New York, NY, US

2013-08 to present | Professor (Biological Sciences)
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Jason Munshi-South

Baruch College: New York, NY, US

2007-09 to 2013-07 | Assistant Professor (Natural Sciences)
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Smithsonian Institution: Washington, DC, US

2006-06 to 2007-08 | Postdoctoral Fellow (National Zoological Park)
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Maryland: College Park, MD, US

2000 to 2006 | Ph.D. (Behavior, Ecology, Evolution & Systematics)
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University of Chicago: Chicago, IL, US

1996 to 2000 | A.B. (Biological Sciences)
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Funding (5)

MRI: Acquisition of a liquid-handling robotic platform for high-throughput research in urban ecology and evolution at the Louis Calder Center-Biological Field Station

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Cityscape Genomics of Rats in New York City

2015-05-01 to 2018-04-30 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Biological Sciences (n/a, US)
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COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: Project TRUE (Teens Researching Urban Ecology)

2014-09-01 to 2019-08-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation - Directorate for Education and Human Resources (Arlington, US)
URL: https://grants.uberresearch.com/100000081/1421019/COLLABORATIVE-RESEARCH-Project-TRUE-Teens-Researching-Urban-Ecology
GRANT_NUMBER: 1421019
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Adaptive Evolutionary Responses of White-footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus) to Urb

2012-09-10 to 2015-08-31 | Grant
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (Bethesda, US)
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RIG: A Landscape Genetics Approach to Functional Connectivity of Native Small Mammal Populations in an Urban Habitat-matrix Mosaic

2008-08-01 to 2011-07-31 | Grant
National Science Foundation (Airlington, US)
GRANT_NUMBER: 0817259
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The evolutionary history of wild and domestic brown rats ( Rattus norvegicus )

Science
2024-09-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.adp1166
Contributors: Jason Munshi-South; Joseph A. Garcia; David Orton; Megan Phifer-Rixey
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Effects of urban-induced mutations on ecology, evolution and health

Nature Ecology & Evolution
2024-04-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-024-02401-z
Contributors: Marc T. J. Johnson; Irtaqa Arif; Francesco Marchetti; Jason Munshi-South; Rob W. Ness; Marta Szulkin; Brian C. Verrelli; Carole L. Yauk; Daniel N. Anstett; Warren Booth et al.
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Determinants of genetic diversity and species richness of North American amphibians

Journal of Biogeography
2022-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14480
Contributors: Chloé Schmidt; Jason Munshi‐South; Stéphane Dray; Colin J. Garroway
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DNA metabarcoding reveals that coyotes in New York City consume wide variety of native prey species and human food

PeerJ
2022-09-21 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13788
Contributors: Carol S. Henger; Emily Hargous; Christopher M. Nagy; Mark Weckel; Claudia Wultsch; Konstantinos Krampis; Neil Duncan; Linda Gormezano; Jason Munshi-South
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Exome sequencing of deer mice on two California Channel Islands identifies potential adaptation to strongly contrasting ecological conditions

Ecology and Evolution
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8357
Contributors: John L. Orrock; Linelle Abueg; Stephen Gammie; Jason Munshi‐South
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Urban Landscape Genetics: Are Biologists Keeping Up with the Pace of Urbanization?

Current Landscape Ecology Reports
2021-06-19 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s40823-021-00062-3
Contributors: Nicole A. Fusco; Elizabeth J. Carlen; Jason Munshi-South
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Dispersal ability predicts spatial genetic structure in native mammals persisting across an urbanization gradient

Evolutionary Applications
2021-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/eva.13133
Contributors: Jonathan L. Richardson; Sozos Michaelides; Matthew Combs; Mihajla Djan; Lianne Bisch; Kerry Barrett; Georgianna Silveira; Justin Butler; Than Thar Aye; Jason Munshi‐South et al.
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Using genetic relatedness to understand heterogeneous distributions of urban rat‐associated pathogens

Evolutionary Applications
2021-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/eva.13049
Contributors: Kaylee A. Byers; Tom R. Booker; Matthew Combs; Chelsea G. Himsworth; Jason Munshi‐South; David M. Patrick; Michael C. Whitlock
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Determinants of genetic diversity and species richness of North American amphibians

2021-01-04 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2021.01.04.425301
Contributors: Chloé Schmidt; Jason Munshi-South; Stéphane Dray; Colin J Garroway
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Variation in brown rat cranial shape shows directional selection over 120 years in New York City

Ecology and Evolution
2020-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6228
Contributors: Emily E. Puckett; Emma Sherratt; Matthew Combs; Elizabeth J. Carlen; William Harcourt‐Smith; Jason Munshi‐South
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Genetic Adaptation in New York City Rats

2020-02-08 | Preprint
DOI: 10.1101/2020.02.07.938969
Contributors: Arbel Harpak; Nandita Garud; Noah A. Rosenberg; Dmitri A. Petrov; Matthew Combs; Pleuni S. Pennings; Jason Munshi-South
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Genomic analyses reveal three independent introductions of the invasive brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) to the Faroe Islands

Heredity
2020-01-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/s41437-019-0255-6
Contributors: Emily E. Puckett; Eyðfinn Magnussen; Liudmila A. Khlyap; Tanja M. Strand; Åke Lundkvist; Jason Munshi-South
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Gene flow and genetic drift in urban environments

Molecular Ecology
2019-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.15221
Contributors: Lindsay S. Miles; L. Ruth Rivkin; Marc T. J. Johnson; Jason Munshi‐South; Brian C. Verrelli
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Brown rat demography reveals pre-commensal structure in eastern Asia before expansion into Southeast Asia

Genome Research
2019-05-25 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1101/gr.235754.118
Contributors: Emily E. Puckett; Jason Munshi-South
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Pre-college urban ecology research mentoring: promoting broader participation in the field of ecology for an urban future

Journal of Urban Ecology
2018-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jue/juy023
Part of ISSN: 2058-5543
Contributors: Jason M Aloisio; Brian Johnson; James D Lewis; J Alan Clark; Jason Munshi-South; Su-Jen Roberts; Deborah Wasserman; Joseph Heimlich; Karen Tingley
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Genomic analyses identify multiple Asian origins and deeply diverged mitochondrial clades in inbred brown rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Evolutionary Applications
2018-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12572
Contributors: Emily E. Puckett; Olivia Micci‐Smith; Jason Munshi‐South
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Urban rat races: spatial population genomics of brown rats ( Rattus norvegicus ) compared across multiple cities

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2018-06-13 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.0245
Contributors: Matthew Combs; Kaylee A. Byers; Bruno M. Ghersi; Michael J. Blum; Adalgisa Caccone; Federico Costa; Chelsea G. Himsworth; Jonathan L. Richardson; Jason Munshi-South
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Spatial population genomics of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) in New York City

Molecular Ecology
2018-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.14437
Contributors: Matthew Combs; Emily E. Puckett; Jonathan Richardson; Destiny Mims; Jason Munshi‐South
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Brown rat demography reveals pre-commensal structure in eastern Asia prior to expansion into Southeast Asia

2018-01-18 | Other
DOI: 10.1101/249862
Contributors: Emily E. Puckett; Jason Munshi-South
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Urban forests sustain diverse carrion beetle assemblages in the New York City metropolitan area.

PeerJ
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.3088
PMID: 28316891
PMC: PMC5356479
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Evolution of life in urban environments

Science
2017-11-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1126/science.aam8327
Contributors: Marc T. J. Johnson; Jason Munshi-South
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Signatures of positive selection and local adaptation to urbanization in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus)

Molecular Ecology
2017-10-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.14369
Contributors: Stephen E. Harris; Jason Munshi-South
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Admixture on the northern front: population genomics of range expansion in the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) and secondary contact with the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus).

Heredity
2017-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2017.57
PMID: 28902189
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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

Journal of Urban Ecology
2017-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jue/jux005
Part of ISSN: 2058-5543
Contributors: Michael H. Parsons; Peter B. Banks; Michael A. Deutsch; Robert F. Corrigan; Jason Munshi-South
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Interferon signaling in Peromyscus leucopus confers a potent and specific restriction to vector-borne flaviviruses

PLOS ONE
2017-06-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179781
Contributors: Adaeze O. Izuogu; Tian Wang; Kristin L. McNally; Stephen E. Harris; Brian H. Youseff; John B. Presloid; Christopher Burlak; Jason Munshi-South; Sonja M. Best; R. Travis Taylor
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Genomewide SNP data reveal cryptic phylogeographic structure and microallopatric divergence in a rapids‐adapted clade of cichlids from the Congo River

Molecular Ecology
2017-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13973
Contributors: S. Elizabeth Alter; Jason Munshi‐South; Melanie L. J. Stiassny
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Urban forests sustain diverse carrion beetle assemblages in the New York City metropolitan area

2017-02-01 | Other
DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.2481v2
Contributors: Nicole Fusco; Anthony Zhao; Jason Munshi-South
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Peromyscus transcriptomics: Understanding adaptation and gene expression plasticity within and between species of deer mice

Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology
2017-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2016.08.011
Contributors: Jason Munshi-South; Jonathan L. Richardson
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Global population divergence and admixture of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1762
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Global population divergence and admixture of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus).

Proceedings. Biological sciences
2016-10 | Journal article
PMID: 27798305
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Urban forests sustain diverse carrion beetle assemblages in the New York City metropolitan area

2016-09-28 | Other
DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.2481v1
Contributors: Nicole Fusco; Anthony Zhao; Jason Munshi-South
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Urbanization shapes the demographic history of a native rodent (the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus ) in New York City

Biology Letters
2016-04-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2015.0983
Contributors: Stephen E. Harris; Alexander T. Xue; Diego Alvarado-Serrano; Joel T. Boehm; Tyler Joseph; Michael J. Hickerson; Jason Munshi-South
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Population genomics of the Anthropocene: urbanization is negatively associated with genome-wide variation in white-footed mouse populations

Evol Appl
2016-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/eva.12357
Contributors: Jason Munshi-South; Christine P. Zolnik; Stephen E. Harris
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Scans for positive selection reveal candidate genes and local adaptation of Peromyscus leucopus populations to urbanization

2016-01 | Report
DOI: 10.1101/038141
Contributors: Stephen E Harris; Jason Munshi-South
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Evolution of the indoor biome

Trends in Ecology and Evolution
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.02.001
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Contributors: Martin, L.J.; Adams, R.I.; Bateman, A.; Bik, H.M.; Hawks, J.; Hird, S.M.; Hughes, D.; Kembel, S.W.; Kinney, K.; Kolokotronis, S.-O. et al.
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Urbanization shapes the demographic history of a city-dwelling native rodent

2015-11 | Report
DOI: 10.1101/032979
Contributors: Stephen E. Harris; Alexander T. Xue; Diego Alvarado-Serrano; Joel T. Boehm; Tyler Joseph; Michael J. Hickerson; Jason Munshi-South
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Population genomics of the Anthropocene: urbanization is negatively associated with genome-wide variation in white-footed mouse populations

2015-08-20 | Report
DOI: 10.1101/025007
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Urban ecology: advancing science and society

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1890/140019
Contributors: Colby J Tanner; Frederick R Adler; Nancy B Grimm; Peter M Groffman; Simon A Levin; Jason Munshi-South; Diane E Pataki; Mitchell Pavao-Zuckerman; William G Wilson
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Urban park characteristics, genetic variation, and historical demography of white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) populations in New York City.

2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.310
PMID: 24688884
PMC: PMC3961106
Contributors: Munshi-South J; Nagy C
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Transcriptome resources for the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus): new genomic tools for investigating ecologically divergent urban and rural populations.

2014-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12301
PMID: 24980186
Contributors: Harris SE; O'Neill RJ; Munshi-South J
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Go forth, evolve and prosper: the genetic basis of adaptive evolution in an invasive species.

2014-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12718
PMID: 24766629
Contributors: Franks SJ; Munshi-South J
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Conservation genetics of extremely isolated urban populations of the northern dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus) in New York City.

2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.64
PMID: 23646283
PMC: PMC3642699
Contributors: Munshi-South J; Zak Y; Pehek E
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Signatures of rapid evolution in urban and rural transcriptomes of white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in the New York metropolitan area.

2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074938
PMID: 24015321
PMC: PMC3756007
Contributors: Harris SE; Munshi-South J; Obergfell C; O'Neill R
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Urban landscape genetics: canopy cover predicts gene flow between white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) populations in New York City

2012-02-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05476.x
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Relatedness and demography of African forest elephants: inferences from noninvasive fecal DNA analyses

2011-05-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esr030
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Genetic diversity and distinctiveness of the proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus) of the Klias peninsula, Sabah, Malaysia

2011-03-16 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esr013
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Rapid, pervasive genetic differentiation of urban white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) populations in New York City

2010-09-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04816.x
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Bats and birds: Exceptional longevity despite high metabolic rates

2010-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2009.07.006
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Female-Biased Dispersal and Gene Flow in a Behaviorally Monogamous Mammal, the Large Treeshrew (Tupaia tana)

2008-09-17 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003228
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Behavioral Monogamy and Fruit Aavailability in the Large Treeshrew (Tupaia tana) in Sabah, Malaysia

2007-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-295R1.1
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