While preparing a presentation on urban ecology, a student takes the following notes:
* Urban coyotes (*Canis latrans*) frequently adjust their diets to survive in metropolitan environments.
* Ecologist Dr. Laura Adams conducted a five-year study analyzing the diets of urban coyotes in Chicago.
* The study revealed that human-provided food, such as garbage and pet food, made up 35% of the coyotes' diet overall.
* Adams observed that coyotes living closer to large city parks consumed significantly more rodents and fruits (60% of their diet) than did coyotes in dense commercial zones.
* The remaining portion of the coyotes' diet in both areas consisted of ornamental plants and insects.
* Adams concluded that coyote diets are heavily influenced by the specific micro-habitats available within a city.
The student wants to support the claim that the diet of Chicago's urban coyotes is shaped by the specific city zones they inhabit. Which choice most effectively uses information from the notes to accomplish this goal?
- Although human-provided food makes up 35% of their diet overall, coyotes living near Chicago's large city parks eat significantly more rodents and fruits than do coyotes in dense commercial zones.Cevap
- BTo survive in metropolitan environments, urban coyotes (*Canis latrans*) frequently adjust their diets to include human-provided food like garbage and pet food.
- CChicago's coyotes prefer to inhabit areas near large city parks because those zones provide a more abundant supply of rodents and fruits than commercial areas do.
- DAdams's five-year study in Chicago concluded that 60% of all urban coyotes live near large city parks, where they feed exclusively on rodents and fruits.