Does Use of Backyard Resources Explain the Abundance of Urban Wildlife?

While urbanization is clearly contributing to biodiversity loss, certain wildlife assemblages can paradoxically be diverse and abundant in moderately developed areas. One hypothesis to explain this phenomenon is that abundant anthropogenic resources for wildlife (i.e., food and shelter) outweigh the...

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Published in:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Main Authors: Christopher P. Hansen, Arielle W. Parsons, Roland Kays, Joshua J. Millspaugh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2020.570771/full