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Climate driving significant shifts in animal life in B.C. urban backyards

Studies show large expected changes in the birds, bugs and animals in Canada’s cities
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The mix of urban birds, bugs and other critters that humans have grown familiar with is due for a big shift because of climate change, a new study says.

“The nature that people interact with isn’t what’s in Banff or some provincial park,” said Alessandro Filazzola, lead author of a paper published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One. “It’s in their backyard.

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