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Conserving Urban Wildlife in the Face of Climate Change

andMark Hostetler


Release Date: 9/2/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-uw381-2013

Natural Resources

Abstract

Virtually all climatologists agree that humans are increasing the rate of the Earth’s warming by releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. But you might be surprised to learn that houses and residential neighborhoods are sources of greenhouse gases or carbon because everything in a house that runs on electricity or gas is often derived from burning fossil fuels. This publication describes the connections between climate change, wildlife, and human neighborhoods and presents several ways for residents to live more sustainably.

About this Publication

This document is WEC336, one of a series of the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date September 2013. Revised March 2020, September 2021, and February 2025. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Feinberg, D., & Hostetler, M. (2013). Conserving Urban Wildlife in the Face of Climate Change. EDIS, 2013(9). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-uw381-2013

Authors

Daniel Feinberg
Daniel Feinberg

graduate student, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

Mark Hostetler
Mark Hostetler
Specialist
University of Florida

professor and Extension specialist, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Gainesville, FL

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