{"id":732,"date":"2018-03-22T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T06:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/?p=732"},"modified":"2018-12-10T13:10:36","modified_gmt":"2018-12-10T19:10:36","slug":"urban-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/plantae-and-fauna\/urban-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we think about wild animals and plants, we generally tend to imagine them in natural or countryside landscapes. However, there are many species that have adapted to urban<!--more-->environments, bringing life to our concrete jungle. We should remember that the main reason of this is the fact that the human population grows everyday, invading the natural spaces originally occupied by a large variety of living beings, thus we must learn to treat our neighbors with respect, no matter to which species they belong.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>PLANTAE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Jacaranda-810x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Jacaranda-810x1024.png 810w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Jacaranda-300x379.png 300w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Jacaranda-600x758.png 600w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Jacaranda-237x300.png 237w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Jacaranda-768x970.png 768w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Jacaranda.png 1419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Noni-810x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Noni-810x1024.png 810w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Noni-300x379.png 300w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Noni-600x758.png 600w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Noni-237x300.png 237w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Noni-768x970.png 768w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Noni.png 1419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1526\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Palma-Canaria-810x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Palma-Canaria-810x1024.png 810w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Palma-Canaria-300x379.png 300w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Palma-Canaria-600x758.png 600w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Palma-Canaria-237x300.png 237w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Palma-Canaria-768x970.png 768w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Palma-Canaria.png 1419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>FAUNA<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Colibri-810x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Colibri-810x1024.png 810w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Colibri-300x379.png 300w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Colibri-600x758.png 600w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Colibri-237x300.png 237w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Colibri-768x970.png 768w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Colibri.png 1419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Zarigueya-810x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Zarigueya-810x1024.png 810w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Zarigueya-300x379.png 300w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Zarigueya-600x758.png 600w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Zarigueya-237x300.png 237w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Zarigueya-768x970.png 768w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Zarigueya.png 1419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cotton, P.A. (2007). <em>Seasonal resource tracking by Amazonian hummingbirds<\/em>. Ibis 149: 135\u2013142. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1474-919X.2006.00619.x\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1474-919X.2006.00619.x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cuaron, A., L. Emmons, K. Helgen, F. Reid, D. Lew, B. Patterson, C. Delgado, S. Solari. 2012. &#8220;Didelphis virginiana&#8221; (On-line). IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Accessed May 02, 2013 at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\">www.iucnredlist.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fjelds\u00e5, J., &amp; I. Heynen. (1999). <em>Genus <\/em>Oreotrochilus. pp. 623\u2013624 in: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, &amp; J. Sargatal. eds. (1999). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-25-3<\/p>\n<p>Gardner, A.L. (1973).<em>The systematics of the genus <\/em>Didelphis<em> (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) in North and Middle America<\/em>. Special Publications The Museum Texas Tech University 4:1-81.<\/p>\n<p>Hoffmeister, D. (2002). <em>Mammals of Illinois.<\/em> Urbana: University of Illinois Press.<\/p>\n<p>McManus, J. (1974). Didelphis virginiana. Mammalian Species, 40: 1-6.<\/p>\n<p>Moreno-Dur\u00e1n, C &amp; L\u00f3pez-Hurtado, C &amp; Ruiz-Sanchez, F. (2007). <em>Histolog\u00eda del sistema digestivo del<\/em> Didelphis albiventris (LUND, 1840). Universitas Scientiarum. 12.<\/p>\n<p>Opossum Society of the United States. <em>Reproduction \u2013 Life Cycle<\/em>. opossumsocietyus.org.<\/p>\n<p>Wright, J., M. Burt, V. Jackson. (2012). <em>Influences of an urban environment on home range and body mass of Virginia opossums <\/em>(Didelphis virginiana). Northeastern Naturalist, 19:1: 77-86.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we think about wild animals and plants, we generally tend to imagine them in natural or countryside landscapes. 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