Menno Schilthuizen
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Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution:
"Classified as outside of my comfort zone. Recommended for people who like science but haven't invested much time in it. So we (humans) have changed the environment pretty drastically. Our cities are pretty much alien environments. This book doesn't s"
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"Eén van de beste non-fictieboeken die ik ooit gelezen heb: vlot, inhoudelijk vernieuwend, illustratief met veel voorbeelden en soms ook gewoon grappig. Het belangrijkste naast de toffe weetjes is dat mijn mindset tegenover de stedelijke natuur nooit "
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"I love learning about evolution and if I had to take a guess on why it's probably because I was raised in a household that believed in creationism so my mind was blown by evolution as an adult instead of it being a slow trickle of knowledge throughou"
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“These constantly arriving foreign inhabitants form the first of at least four explanations for the high biodiversity urban naturalists are encountering in their cities. A second explanation is the fact that the places where people like to build their settlements, which then grow into cities, are often biologically rich areas to begin with.”
― Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution
― Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution
“A third source of urban biological richness is, in fact, the loss of good-quality habitat immediately outside the city perimeter.”
― Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution
― Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution
“The fourth and final explanation for the rich biodiversity of cities is the sheer diversity of habitat patches.”
― Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution
― Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution
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