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The Ecology of Urban Habitats
Oliver L. Gilbert
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Description for The Ecology of Urban Habitats
Paperback. A survey of the ecology of plants and animals in such familiar habitats as parks, gardens, cemeteries, wasteland, industrial sites and shopping centres. Emphasis is placed on successful relationships, regional patterns of variation and those habitat factors that are peculiar to towns and cities. Num Pages: 380 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMV; RNC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
This book is about the plants and animals of urban areas, not the urban fringe, not encapsulated countryside but those parts of towns where man's impact is greatest. The powerful anthropogenic influences that operate in cities have, until recently, rendered them unattractive to ecologists who find the high proportion of exotics and mixtures of planted and spontaneous vegetation bewildering. They are also unused to considering fashion, taste, mowing machines and the behaviour of dog owners as habitat factors. I have always maintained, however, J. nd I hope this book demonstrJ. tes, that there are as many interrelationships to be uncovered ... Read more
This book is about the plants and animals of urban areas, not the urban fringe, not encapsulated countryside but those parts of towns where man's impact is greatest. The powerful anthropogenic influences that operate in cities have, until recently, rendered them unattractive to ecologists who find the high proportion of exotics and mixtures of planted and spontaneous vegetation bewildering. They are also unused to considering fashion, taste, mowing machines and the behaviour of dog owners as habitat factors. I have always maintained, however, J. nd I hope this book demonstrJ. tes, that there are as many interrelationships to be uncovered ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Springer
Condition
New
Number of Pages
369
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780412455001
SKU
V9780412455001
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