Urban ecology its nature and challenges
"This book contains a series of essays designed for graduate students and researchers on crucial issues in the relatively new field of urban ecology"--
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Boston, MA
CAB International,
[2020]
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| Online Access: | https://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/2023/EBSCO/2666491.pdf |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1. Urban Ecology: What Is It and Why Do We Need It?
- 2. How Urban Forest Composition Shapes the Structure and Function of Arthropod Communities
- 3. Wildlife in the City: Human Drivers and Human Consequences
- 4. Urban Plant Ecophysiology
- 5. Urban Biodiversity: Between Elsewhere-Nature and the Post-Wild World
- 6. Protecting Pollinators in the Urban Environment
- 7. Urban Ecology as an Integrative Science and Practice
- 8. Ecology of Urban Climates: The Need for Landscape Biophysics in Cities
- 9. The Green Cities Movement: Progress and Future Challenges
- 10. Light Pollution: How Urban Conditions Influence Ecological Interactions
- 11. Citizen Science in Urban Habitats
- 12. Ecology of Insects and Other Arthropods in Urban Agroecosystems
- 13. Future Prospects and Challenges in Urban Ecology
- Index
- Backcover