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Avian Ecology and Conservation in an Urbanizing World
. Ed(S): Marzluff, John M.; Bowman, Reed; Donnelly, Roarke
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Paperback. Editor(s): Marzluff, John M.; Bowman, Reed; Donnelly, Roarke. Num Pages: 585 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAF; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 908.
One of the most striking and persistent ways humans dominate Earth is by changing land-cover as we settle a region. Much of our ecological understanding about this process comes from studies of birds, yet the existing literature is scattered, mostly decades old, and rarely synthesized or standardized.
The twenty-seven contributions authored by leaders in the fields of avian and urban ecology present a unique summary of current research on birds in settled environments ranging from wildlands to exurban, rural to urban. Ecologists, land managers, wildlife managers, evolutionary ecologists, urban ... Read more
One of the most striking and persistent ways humans dominate Earth is by changing land-cover as we settle a region. Much of our ecological understanding about this process comes from studies of birds, yet the existing literature is scattered, mostly decades old, and rarely synthesized or standardized.
The twenty-seven contributions authored by leaders in the fields of avian and urban ecology present a unique summary of current research on birds in settled environments ranging from wildlands to exurban, rural to urban. Ecologists, land managers, wildlife managers, evolutionary ecologists, urban ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
585
Condition
New
Number of Pages
585
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461356004
SKU
V9781461356004
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99-15
Reviews for Avian Ecology and Conservation in an Urbanizing World
`Avian Ecology in an Urbanizing World is a useful compilation of research on birds in human-dominated landscapes, and belongs ... in the library of any institution intereested in stydying or managing urban systems. It also highlights how much more we need to learn in order to address the impacts on birds of the suite of human ... Read more