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xiii, 585 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: A historical perspective on urban bird research: trends, terms, and approaches / John M. Marzluff, Reed Bowman, and Roarke Donnelly -- Worldwide urbanization and its effects on birds / John M. Marzluff -- Synanthropic birds of North America / Richard F. Johnston -- Human perception and appreciation of birds: a motivation for wildlife conservation in urban environments of France / Philippe Clergeau [and others] -- Quantifying the urban gradient: linking urban planning and ecology / Marina Alberti, Erik Botsford, and Alex Cohen -- Urbanization, avian communities, and landscape ecology / James R. Miller [and others] -- The importance of multi-scale analyses in avian habitat selection studies in urban environments / Mark Hostetler -- Urban birds: population, community, and landscape approaches / Douglas Bolger -- Interactions among non-native plants and birds / Sarah Hayden Reichard, Linda Chalker-Scott, and Solai Buchanan -- Urban sprawl and juniper encroachment effects on abundance of wintering passerines in Oklahoma / Bryan R. Coppedge [and others] -- Nest predator abundance and urbanization / David G. Haskell, A.M. Knupp, and M.C. Schneider -- Bird tolerance to human disturbance in urban parks of Madrid (Spain): management implications / Esteban Fernández-Juricic, María Dolores Jiminez, and Elena Lucas -- Settlement of breeding European starlings in urban areas: importance of lawns vs. anthropogenic wastes / Gwenaelle Mennechez and Philippe Clergeau. |
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Contents: Variation in the timing of breeding between suburban and wildland Florida scrub-jays: do physiologic measures reflect different environments? / Stephan J. Schoech and Reed Bowman -- The ecology of Western gulls in habitats varying in degree of urban influence / Raymond Pierotti and Cynthia Annett -- Causes and consequences of expanding American crow populations / John M. Marzluff [and others] -- Demographic and behavioral comparisons of suburban and rural American crows / Kevin McGowan -- Nest success and the timing of nest failure of Florida scrub-jays in suburban and wildland habitats / Reed Bowman and Glen E. Woolfenden -- Synurbanization of the magpie in the Palearctic / Leszek Jerzak -- Macaw abundance in relation to human population density in the western Amazon Basin / Daniel M. Brooks and Alfredo J. Begazo -- Waterbird production in an urban center in Alaska / Michael R. North -- Creating a homogeneous avifauna / Robert B. Blair -- Avian community characteristics of urban greenspaces in St. Louis, Missouri / Jeffrey M. Azerrad and Charles H. Nilon -- The importance of the Chicago region and the "Chicago Wilderness" initiative for avian conservation / Jeffrey D. Brawn and Douglas F. Stotz -- Do temporal trends in Christmas bird counts reflect the spatial trends of urbanization in southwestern Ohio? / Nancy A. Crosby and Robert B. Blair -- Survey techniques and habitat relationships of breeding birds in residential areas of Toronto, Canada / Jean-Pierre L. Savard and J. Bruce Falls -- Integrating avian ecology into emerging paradigms in urban ecology / Reed Bowman and John M. Marzluff. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Subject: This book is the result of twenty-seven scholars and experts in their respective areas of avian and urban ecology. All present a unique summary of current research on bird in settled environments ranging from wildland to exurban, rural to urban. A useful information addressing the conservation and evolutionary implications of urban life from an ecological and planning perspective. Furthermore, it provides summaries and synthesis of current research, extant literature, and prescriptions for future work. |
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Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy02/2001042818.html |
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Full text available from Springer Nature Book Archives Millennium (2000-2004) http://link.springer.com/openurl?genre=book&isbn=978-1-4615-1531-9 |