urban ecosystem

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petroleum use and population density

Aerial view of a residential subdivision in Quebec, Can.

Understand how plants, animals, and other organisms adapt to the urban ecosystem with a slight change in their behavior and genes

Plant-covered high-rise building in central Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China.

Torrens River, Adelaide, South Australia

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Understand how plants, animals, and other organisms adapt to the urban ecosystem with a slight change in their behavior and genes

Understand how plants, animals, and other organisms adapt to the urban ecosystem with a slight change in their behavior and genes

While many native species are lost when a natural landscape changes into an urban...

Video: © MinuteEarth (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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petroleum use and population density

petroleum use and population density

Graph showing the relationship between per capita petroleum use and urban population...

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Aerial view of a residential subdivision in Quebec, Can.

Aerial view of a residential subdivision in Quebec, Can.

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Plant-covered high-rise building in central Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China.

Plant-covered high-rise building in central Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China....

© Buddhadl/Shutterstock.com

Torrens River, Adelaide, South Australia

Torrens River, Adelaide, South Australia

Parklands along the Torrens River, Adelaide, South Australia.

Picturepoint, London

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