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Blow flies as urban wildlife sensors

Molecular Ecology Resources, 2018
AbstractWildlife detection in urban areas is very challenging. Conventional monitoring techniques such as direct observation are faced with the limitation that urban wildlife is extremely elusive. It was recently shown that invertebrate‐derived DNA (iDNA) can be used to assess wildlife diversity in tropical rainforests.
Constanze Hoffmann, Kevin Merkel, Andreas Sachse, Pablo Rodríguez, Fabian H. Leendertz, Sébastien Calvignac‐Spencer   +5 more
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Behavioural responses of wildlife to urban environments

Biological Reviews, 2012
Increased urbanization represents a formidable challenge for wildlife. Nevertheless, a few species appear to thrive in the evolutionarily novel environment created by cities, demonstrating the remarkable adaptability of some animals. We argue that individuals that can adjust their behaviours to the new selection pressures presented by cities should ...
Hélène, Lowry, Alan, Lill, Bob B M, Wong   +2 more
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Urban Wildlife Behavior

2014
Wild animals in urban areas face unique challenges. They live in environments modified by and for humans without having evolved in these environments, but unlike domesticated animals, they remain under the auspices of natural selection. We do not yet know how living in urban areas will ultimately affect the animals that share our urban environments ...
Amy M. Ryan, Sarah R. Partan
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“Good” and “Bad” Urban Wildlife

2020
Urban environments offer habitat for many species of animals. Although some of those are ubiquitous and/or undesirable, others are native and in some cases, of conservation value. In many cases, urban wildlife populations are a source of enjoyment for human residents, who sometimes invest considerable amounts in attracting them to yards and public ...
Gad Perry, Clint Boal, Robin Verble, Mark Wallace   +3 more
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Urban Trees for Wildlife

2018
Viewing wildlife on your property is educational and fun, with the number of visitors varying based on location, vegetation, and habitat development. A diverse habitat with trees, shrubs, and flowering plants attracts a variety of wildlife.
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Wildlife Corridors: An Urban Political Ecology

Local Environment, 2007
Wildlife corridors constitute one of a number of increasingly influential strategic nature conservation tools deployed in urban greenspace planning. The following paper develops an urban political ecology approach to understand wildlife corridors as quasi-objects that play a key role in articulating between the realms of ecology and planning ...
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Urban Wildlife Communication and Negotiation

2014
Effective communication shapes how urban audiences affect and are affected by wildlife, ranging from policy making and management to citizen science and conflict resolution. This chapter reviews the elements of communication: Sources, Encoding, Messages and Media, Decoding, Receivers, and Feedback.
Susan K. Jacobson, Dara M. Wald, Nia Haynes, Ryo Sakurai   +3 more
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Involving Wildlife in Urban Life with Urban Planning

2021
The aim of this article is to determine the place of wildlife in the planning system and to examine the place of wildlife in urban space. In the article; The basic concepts of wildlife and the basic concepts of urban planning and the relationship between planning and wildlife are discussed.
SURİ, Leyla, OĞURLU, İdris
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Pervasive Captivity and Urban Wildlife

Ethics, Policy & Environment, 2020
Urban animals can benefit from living in cities, but this also makes them vulnerable as they increasingly depend on the advantages of urban life. This article has two aims.
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Wildlife health and the urban-wildlife interface

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 1993
W, Boyce, A, Kjemtrup
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