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U_Sam t1_j1s3pxz wrote

Reply to comment by dilletaunty in Logged forest compared with an unlogged forest could be better for climate change. A detailed assessment of vegetation growth, bird and mammal numbers, and energy flows in logged and unlogged forests offers some surprising findings. by Creative_soja

Learned in my wildlife management class in university this semester that biodiversity in mammals actually increases with urbanisation. That being said I hate urbanisation.

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dilletaunty t1_j1s45x6 wrote

Is that a flat biodiversity of mammals or a biodiversity of local mammals? I can understand if it increases from released pets or specifically animals good at exploiting human systems but otherwise that’s just… hella counterintuitive

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U_Sam t1_j1s53xc wrote

The way my professor (phd in wildlife ecology) phrased it made it seem to be flat. Red fox do particularly well in urban environments. One of our projects was to create a hypothetical management plan for a forested area for a specific species and she stated that for red fox, increased urbanisation would highly benefit them.

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