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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"urban adapter"”.
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The city blues of an iridescent canary: physiological, behavioral, and developmental impacts of lead (Pb) on songbirds along an urban-to-rural gradient
<p>Urbanization is rapidly changing the environment and creating new challenges in the lives of animals across the globe. Anthropogenic contaminants found commonly in old construction materials—including heavy metals like lead— persist within the environment for prolonged periods of time and …
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Effects of Urbanization on Survival Rates, Anti-Predator Behavior, and Movements of Woodchucks (Marmota Monax)
Urbanization is increasing at a rapid rate and creating novel environmental conditions for wildlife species, even in already human-altered landscapes. We need a better understanding of demographic and behavioral responses by mammals to urbanization including those species that could be urban …
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Anthropogenic environmental change and habitat occupancy by riparian muskrats in a Midwestern landscape
Increased urban land cover and more intensive agriculture in the Midwest have changed the landscape for wildlife species. Distributions of semi-aquatic mammals such as muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) may respond to environmental changes including increased urbanization, alteration of hydrology, …