Question

Discuss in depth the challenges to preserving either individual species or genetic diversity contained in related species.

Answer 1

Many species of animals and plants have adapted to the new pressures, sources of food, predators, and threats in urban and suburban settings, where they thrive close to humans. Our success gives useful-and often unexpected-insights into evolutionary and competitive processes to researchers. Since these adaptations had to be rapid, cities are ideal laboratories for the study of natural selection in certain respects.

The 'Business Parks Growth' project led by Snep further amplifies these benefits. It plans to build parks which include suitable green areas with small trees and shrubs, or by adding gravel or soil to make the rooftops green. In addition to attracting animals, these sites provide other benefits that will help draw developers and planners alike Green roofs and other green spaces form ecological networks within cities that provide birds and insects, as well as some plants, with a versatile ecosystem on a fairly modest total area. Green buildings can also be relevant outside towns by mitigating the impact of barriers to movement, such as roads and railways

Such research however requires a thorough understanding of how plants and animals adapt to artificial environments. While this is a fairly new research area, it is making considerable progress and going beyond pure definition to prediction, urban environments have different selective pressures than those on wild habitats: they bring close proximity to humans as well as to rivals, predators and prey, but they can also minimize threats and establish good conditions, including ready access to food and insula. It reflects the town's position as a moderator of natural forces,