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

• Pubblicazione: Wallingford, England ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : CAB International, , 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 236 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 577.56
• Soggetto topico: Urban ecology (Biology)
• Persona (resp. second.): BarbosaPedro <1944->
• 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"--
• Titolo autorizzato: Urban ecology
• ISBN: 1-78924-261-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910760498903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II