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Urban wildlife can be found at any latitude that supports human dwellings - the list of animals that will venture into urbanized human settlements to forage on horticultures or to scavenge from trash runs from monkeys in the tropics to polar bears in the Arctic. Different types of urban areas support different kinds of wildlife.
Resource availability also acts as a selective force in urban evolution, influencing the survival and reproductive success of species living in cities. Urban areas offer a distinctive array of resources, including food sources like garbage, human waste, and crops, often differing in quantity and quality from those found in natural habitats.
It includes partners from at least 5 continents, 26 countries, and 160 cities. [2] [3] As a field study of evolution, and as a global study of the effects of urbanization on evolution, its scale is unprecedented. [4] It has been described as "the best replicated test of parallel evolution, on the largest scale ever attempted". [5]
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The methods and studies of urban ecology is a subset of ecology. The study of urban ecology carries increasing importance because more than 50% of the world's population today lives in urban areas. [5] It is also estimated that within the next 40 years, two-thirds of the world's population will be living in expanding urban centers. [6]
Urban ecology is a relatively new field. Because of this, the research that has been done in this field has yet to become extensive. While there is still plenty of time for growth in the research of this field, there are some key issues and biases within the current research that still need to be addressed.
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Alpine Tibet hosts a limited diversity of animal species, among which snakes are common. There are only two endemic reptiles and ten endemic amphibians in the Tibetan highlands. [75] Gloydius himalayanus is perhaps the geographically highest living snake in the world, living at as high as 4,900 m (16,100 ft) in the Himalayas. [81]