詞彙 Glossary

市區 Urban areas

市區除了是人類生活的地方,也是部分動植物的生境。它是由不同的建築物,如樓宇、道路、休憩公園,水渠等構成一個完全人工的生境。城市內的公園和綠化地區固然為部分生物提供了的棲息地,但城市的擴展同時也分割和破壞了不少自然的棲息地。能夠成功生存於市區的物種都是較能適應不同環境而且忍耐力強的,如紅耳鵯,樹麻雀,短吻果蝠等。

Urban area, as a human living place and also habitat for some organisms, is entirely an artificial habitat with buildings, roads, parks, water channels, etc. Parks and green areas can be suitable habitats for different species. But this is no compensation to the destruction and fragmentation of massive natural habitats due to urban expansion. Usually, species which are generalists, can easily tolerate and adapt to the urban environment. Red-whiskered Bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus), Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) and Short-nosed Indian Fruit Bat (Cynopterus sphinx) are such examples.