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Record Nr.

UNINA9910760498903321

Titolo

Urban ecology : its nature and challenges / / edited by Pedro Barbosa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CAB International, , 2020

ISBN

1-78924-261-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 236 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

577.56

Soggetti

Urban ecology (Biology)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1: Urban Ecology: What is it and Why? -- 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: The Ecology of Urban Climates -- 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.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book contains a series of essays designed for graduate students and researchers on crucial issues in the relatively new field of urban ecology"--