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Comment
. 2018 Oct 2:7:e41348.
doi: 10.7554/eLife.41348.

Making wildlife welcome in urban areas

Travis Gallo  1 , Mason Fidino  1
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Making wildlife welcome in urban areas

Travis Gallo et al. Elife. .

Abstract

Careful design of the green spaces in cities will benefit both wild animals and humans.

Keywords: biodiversity; ecology; mammals; urban wildlife; urbanization.

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Conflict of interest statement

TG, MF No competing interests declared

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Wildlife can persist in urban areas when habitats are avaliable.
A coyote (Canis latrans; left) captured on a trail camera in a cemetery in the Uptown neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. A ringtail (Bassariscus astutus; right) captured on a trail camera near downtown Austin, Texas. Parsons et al. studied wildlife in two cites – Washington, DC and Raleigh, North Carolina – and found that, as the human population density increased, the amount of green spaces available became more important for urban wildlife. Photographs: Urban Wildlife Institute, Lincoln Park Zoo; Amy Belaire.
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