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== Ecological behavior == {{Main|Human ecology}} [[File:Rural life in Gilandeh, Kharajgil - 15 April 2018 01.jpg|thumb|A girl with lambs in [[Gilandeh, Kharajgil|Gilandeh]], Iran (2018)]] Like all living things, humans live in [[ecosystem]]s and interact with other organisms. Human behavior is affected by the environment in which a human lives, and environments are affected by human habitation. Humans have also developed man-made ecosystems such as [[urban area]]s and [[agricultural land]]. Geography and [[landscape ecology]] determine how humans are distributed within an ecosystem, both naturally and through planned [[urban morphology]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Steiner |first=F. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/256490644 |title=Encyclopedia of Ecology |publisher=Elsevier |year=2008 |isbn=978-0080454054 |editor-last=Jørgensen |editor-first=Sven Erik |chapter=Human Ecology: Overview |pages=1898–1906 |doi=10.1016/B978-008045405-4.00626-1 |oclc=256490644 |editor-last2=Fath |editor-first2=Brian D.}}</ref> Humans exercise control over the animals that live within their environment. [[Domesticated animal]]s are trained and cared for by humans. Humans can develop social and emotional bonds with animals in their care. [[Pet]]s are kept for companionship within human homes, including [[dog]]s and [[cat]]s that have been bred for domestication over many centuries. [[Livestock]] animals, such as [[cattle]], [[sheep]], [[goat]]s, and [[poultry]], are kept on agricultural land to produce [[animal product]]s. Domesticated animals are also kept in laboratories for [[animal testing]]. Non-domesticated animals are sometimes kept in [[nature reserve]]s and [[zoo]]s for [[tourism]] and [[Conservation biology|conservation]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hosey |first1=Geoff |last2=Melfi |first2=Vicky |date=2014 |title=Human-animal interactions, relationships and bonds: a review and analysis of the literature |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6955n8kd |journal=International Journal of Comparative Psychology |language=en |volume=27 |issue=1 |issn=0889-3675 }}</ref>
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