The #UrbanBirdProject is a transdisciplinary environmental justice initiative that brings Arts & Humanities, Avian Ecology, and Mexican American and Indigenous Studies together through local, migratory, and culturally significant birds. With funding from the Mellon Foundation, and the USDA Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI) program, the project is led by faculty and doctoral students from The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) and community members across South Texas, Greater México, and beyond.
The Smith Wildlife Lab at UTSA
Our research focuses on the effects of anthropogenic change on birds, but occasionally on other taxa too. Specifically, we are interested in the mechanisms that drive changes in the spatial ecology, demography, and behaviour of wildlife following land use changes and other human driven disturbances. Our research often combines field-based approaches and geospatial and statistical analyses, and takes us from the urban core of San Antonio, TX to the desert southwest.