Synanthrope: Difference between revisions

The term '''synanthropy''' (from ancient Greek σύν ''sýn'' "together, with" and ἄνθρωπος ''ánthrōpos'' "man")[[File:Pigeons and tourists.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Rock dove|Pigeons]] intermingle with tourists in [[Venice]]]]

A '''synanthrope''' (from ancient Greek σύν ''sýn'' "together, with" and ἄνθρωπος ''ánthrōpos'' "man") is an [[organism]] that lives[[evolution|evolve]]d to live near [[human]]s and benefitsbenefit from humans[[human settlement]]s and their[[human impact on the environment|their environmental modifications]] (see also [[anthropophilia]] for animals who live close to humans as [[parasite]]s). The term describesincludes themany adaptation[[animal]]s ofand an[[plant]]s animalregarded as [[pest (organism)|pest]]s or plant[[weed]]s, speciesbut todoes thenot humaninclude settlement[[domestication|domesticated]] areaspecies.<ref ,name="sprawl" so/> thatCommon itsynanthrope is[[habitat]]s notinclude dependent[[house]]s, on[[shed]]s supplementingand its[[barn]]s, population[[non-building fromstructure]]s, outside.[[garden]]s, [[park]]s, [[farm]]s, [[road verge]]s and [[rubbish dump]]s.

Examples of synanthropes are various species of [[insect]] speciess ([[ant]]s, [[louse|lice]], [[bedbug]]s, [[silverfish]], [[cockroach]]es, etc.), [[myriopod]]s ([[millipede]]s and [[house centipede (disambiguation)|house centipede]]), [[arachnid]]s ([[spider]]s, [[dust mite]], etc.), [[common house gecko]], birds such as [[house sparrow]]s, [[gull]]s, [[rock dove]]s (pigeons), crows[[crow]]s and [[magpie]]s, [[honeyguide]]s, [[swallow]]s and other [[passerine]]s, various [[rodent]] species (especially [[rat]]s and [[house mice]]), [[Virginia opossum]]s, [[raccoon]]s,<ref>{{Cite webnews|url=https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/09/delving-into-the-nocturnal-city-of-the-synanthrope/570352/|title=Night of the Living Synanthropes|last=Meier|first=Allison C.|websitenewspaper=CityLabBloomberg|date=24 September 2018 |language=en|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref> certain [[monkey]] species, [[coyote]]s,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gothamcoyote.org/ |title=Gotham Coyote Project - Studying NYC's Coyotes |website=Gotham Coyote Project |access-date=2021-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Flores |first=Dan |date=September 2017 |title=Coyote America: A Natural & Supernatural History |publisher=Basic Books |pages=193 |chapter=Chapter 6: Bright Lights, Big Cities |isbn=978-0-465-09372-4}}</ref> [[deer, passerines]], and other [[urban wildlife]].<ref name="sprawl">{{cite book |first=Elizabeth Ann |last=Johnson |author2=Michael W. Klemens |name-list-style=amp |title =Nature in fragments: the legacy of sprawl |publisher=Columbia University Press |year =2005 |page=212 |isbn=978-0-231-12779-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_SqsP5gXdj4C}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jarvis |first=Brooke |date=November 8, 2021 |title=Deer Wars and Death Threats |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/11/15/deer-wars-and-death-threats |journal=New Yorker}}</ref><ref>Sofaer HR, Flather CH, Jarnevich CS, Davis KP, Pejchar L. Human-associated species dominate passerine communities across the United States. Global Ecol Biogeogr. 2020;29:885–895. <nowiki>https://{{doi.org/|10.1111/</nowiki>}} geb.13071</ref>

*[[UrbanAdventive wildlifeplant]]

*[[SatoyamaArchaeophyte]]

*[[AdventiveGenetic plantpollution]]

*[[Assisted migrationHemeroby]]

*[[Genetic pollutionSatoyama]]

* Herbert Sukopp & Rüdiger Wittig (eds.): ''Urban Ecology'' . 2nd edition G. Fischer; Stuttgart, Jena, Lübeck, Ulm; 1998: p. 276 ff. <nowiki>{{ISBN |3-437-26000-6</nowiki>}}