The Anthropo Scene Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Hey everyone! Sorry for disappearing on you! Season 2 is coming really soon and we can't wait! Stay tuned! Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We thought it would be fun for everyone to get to know how Nicholas and Kirstynn met and to listen in to the first interview we ever did, where Kirstynn Interviewed Nicholas for a video and article (links below) about how recreational fishing can negatively impact wildlife, with a focus on turtles. Enjoy! Video - Fishing impacts on non-target wildlife and mitigating the problem: h...

Send us Fan Mail Anthropo Snips are a quick look at new(ish) interesting papers and concepts related to anthropogenic impacts on natural ecosystems.  Today we explore a meta-analysis on wildlife crossing structures and talk about what is general, and not so general about getting wildlife safety across roads and railways.  Denneboom, D., Bar-Massada, A., & Shwartz, A. (2021). Factors affecting...

Send us Fan Mail Our second ever guest episode!  Zoë Rossman PhD student at The University of New Mexico talks to us about coyotes in The United States. We chat about their biology, their success in urban environments and of course about their interactions with people.  The Anthropo Scene is an independent project by young ecologists hoping to educate and share interesting information about invasi...

Send us Fan Mail Anthropo Snips are a quick look at new(ish) interesting papers and concepts related to anthropogenic impacts on natural ecosystems.  For this episode, Nicholas reached out through social media to collect questions that people wanted us to answer on the show. We talk about sparrows, prescription burning, cats, and more! Thank you to everyone who asked questions and let us know if y...

Send us Fan Mail Boring? or boring?! In this episode we get some help from an expert to explore a beetle that is decimating trees across various regions of the world, and how it might be controlled.  Join us today for our first ever guest episode! Becca (AKA Bug Girl Becca) talks to us about the emerald ash borer (EAB) in the United States and its respective parasitoids which are the main focus of...

Send us Fan Mail Kirstynn habla con el profesor Álvaro Barragán sobre el eucalipto en Ecuador. ¿Cómo complican los aspectos económicos y culturales nuestras interacciones con las especies invasoras? Kirstynn speaks with professorÁlvaro Barragán about Eucalyptus in Ecuador. How do economic and cultural aspects complicate our interactions with invasive species?  This interview is conducted in Spanis...

Send us Fan Mail Today we explore an invasive tree species that is also an extremely economically important tree in places where it is invasive, and has even become culturally important in some places! Explore this socioeconomic and ecological issue with us via a case study in the Ecuadorian Andes.  Listen to the video interview with Álvaro Barragán: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1710928/episodes/833...

Send us Fan Mail Today we hone in on a very specific snake species that is taking over a once snake-less island and discuss the issues related to the exotic pet trade, and irresponsible pet ownership.   Join us as we explore the impacts of king snakes on the canary islands and how we might reduce this problem now, and in the future.  The Anthropo Scene is an independent project by young ecologists...

Send us Fan Mail Anthropo Snips are a quick look at new(ish) interesting papers and concepts related to anthropogenic impacts on natural ecosystems.  Temperate deciduous forests around the world now only exist in small pockets nestled between developments. How is the plant community impacted by invasive species, urban influence, and time since disturbance? Join us today for some surprising results...

Send us Fan Mail Today we talk about a tiny ant that packs a BIG punch. In the top 100 invasive species of the world according to the IUCN, the little fire ant (Wasmannia auropunctata) has successfully spread and taken over countries around the world. Join us talking about the impact of their invasion and how it is being controlled.  The Anthropo Scene is an independent project by young ecologists...

Send us Fan Mail Anthropo Snips are a quick look at new(ish) interesting papers and concepts related to anthropogenic impacts on natural ecosystems.  Today we look at a valuable interdisciplinary approach to mapping pressures and stresses on endangered Giant Salamanders in China.  Turvey, S. T., Chen, S., Tapley, B., Liang, Z., Wei, G., Yang, J., . . . Cunningham, A. A. (2021). From dirty TO Delic...

Send us Fan Mail Today we venture into some grey areas of invasive species and play with some tricky definitions surrounding Milkweed in its native and non-native range, and with it, implications for the Monarch Butterfly.  The Anthropo Scene is an independent project by young ecologists hoping to educate and share interesting information about invasive species around the world. If you would like...

Send us Fan Mail Anthropo Snips are a quick look at new(ish) interesting papers and concepts related to anthropogenic impacts on natural ecosystems.  Could restoring large herds of herbivores in the arctic tundra help to slow down permafrost melting and the dangerous climate change effects? Join us while we take a look at this new idea  Beer, C., Zimov, N., Olofsson, J., Porada, P., & Zimov, S...

Send us Fan Mail Today we talk about a general problem, and a specific invasive species. Join us as we explore impacts of lawn grass on ecosystems, with a specific look at Kentucky Bluegrass in the Northern Great Plains in North America.  Which are in central northern USA and Southern Canada (contrary to the mistake in the episode where Kirstynn says Eastern)  The Anthropo Scene is an independent...

Send us Fan Mail Anthropo Snips are a quick look at new(ish) interesting papers and concepts related to anthropogenic impacts on natural ecosystems.  Today, a look at the impacts of human activity and development on functional groups and niche partitioning in neotropical freshwater fish of Brazil. Are we reducing the types of fish one can find in these rivers?  Pereira, L. M., Dunck, B., & Ben...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, we explore the “asian carp”,  focusing on Hypopthalmichthys sp., and its invasion of rivers in the Midwestern United States. Join us chatting about the ecology, problems, and potentially solutions, no matter how crazy they may seem, surrounding this introduced fish.  The Anthropo Scene is an independent project by young ecologists hoping to educate and share in...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Nicholas and Kirstynn, co-hosts of The Anthropo Scene. A quick introduction and giving you an idea of what we hope to do with this podcast.  The Anthropo Scene is an independent project by young ecologists hoping to educate and share interesting information about invasive species around the world. If you would like to sponsor an episode, suggest a future topic and/or collabor...