So this animal project thing has been a bit intimidating to me. There's so many choices and the scope is so large that I've been having trouble zeroing in on something. I've been going back and forth on several ideas that I'm not exactly enthused about, but Carra has helped me, and today's lecture got me more excited about about the idea of human development physically impacting animal habitats. The road ecology thing is fascinating, and I had no idea how many people study it, so I think I could incorporate that into my research. Also, Lisa was talking about green roofs in cities, and that seems good to me because I'm in to urban planning and renewable energy/green stuff in general. So I could do something about how human development in general has impacted (natural) animal habitats and then how animal habitats are recreated (artificially) within cities. If anyone knows any good research material on this sort of thing, it would be greatly appreciated. Also, I plan on discussing how suburban sprawl has affected animal habitats, especially in Arizona and Nevada, which have been booming only recently.
So if you like this sort of thing, we should talk over a buffalo burger, or any other dead endangered animal.
j/k
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Panda Steak?
Filet of Dolphin?
Kentucky Fried Bald Eagle?
ok, ok, I'll stop. You gave me this funny mental image of a specialty restaurant selling nothing but endangered food.
Served rare, of course.
There is a researcher that works here on campus that did a study about the reintroduction of the apex predator (coyote) to suburban neighborhoods and the survivorship of native bird species. When coyotes were around the domestic cat numbers declined and the bird populations went up. Without the coyotes that cats killed huge numbers of birds.
This many be a little far from your topic, but it is related to urban sprawl and all impacts that come from humans...including those of our pets (domestic cats are the leading cause of bird death!)
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