Biodiveristy can flourish on an urban planet

"New wildlife communities are coming together in cities, often with accidental manipulation and active management by humans. These communities can play an important role in both the urban ecosystems and for surrounding habitats. Gardens, for example, can support important reservoir populations of bees and other pollinators that could be valuable for many plants but find it difficult to survive under modern intensive agriculture. So the overall picture is not bleak. Cities can provides new habitats and niches that may be quite different from those in natural ecosystems, but still can support a variety of species. Species that evolve under such urban conditions may well represent what the future holds for much of Earth’s biodiversity."

     --Madhusudan Katti, Associate Professor, California State University, Fresno

     The Conversation Blog, 

     https://theconversation.com/biodiversity-can-flourish-on-an-urban-planet-18723