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Title Statement: |
Urban ecology : an international perspective on the interaction between humans and nature / [edited by] John M. Marzluff [and others]. |
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Published: |
New York : Springer, ©2008. |
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Description: |
1 online resource (xxv, 807 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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ISBN: |
ISBN 9780387734125 |
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ISBN 0387734120 |
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ISBN 9780387734118 (hbk.) |
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ISBN 0387734112 (hbk.) |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Human domination of earth's ecosystems / Peter M. Vitousek [and others] -- Humans as the world's greatest evolutionary force / Stephen R. Palumbi -- Urbanization / Brian J.L. Berry -- Urban ecology as an interdisciplinary field : differences in the use of "urban" between the social and natural sciences / Nancy E. McIntyre, K. Knowles-Yánez, and D. Hope -- Growth of the city : an introduction to a research project / Ernest W. Burgess -- On the early history of urban ecology in Europe / Herbert Sukopp -- Urban ecological systems : terrestrial ecological, physical, and socioeconomic components of metropolitan areas / S.T.A. Pickett [and others] -- Integrated approaches to long-term studies of urban ecological systems / Nancy B. Grimm [and others] -- Integrating humans into ecology : opportunities and challenges for studying urban ecosystems / Marina Alberti [and others] -- Sealing of soils / Gerd Wessolek -- Producing and consuming chemicals : the moral economy of the American lawn / Paul Robbins, Julie T. Sharp -- Streams in the urban landscape / Michael J. Paul and Judy L. Meyer -- Urban climate-- basic and applied aspects / Wilhelm Kuttler -- Global warming and the urban heat island / Maria João Alcoforado and Henrique Andrade -- Retrospective assessment of morality from the London smog episode of 1952 : the role of influenza and pollution / Micheile L. Bell, Devra L. Davis, and Tony Fletcher -- Heat waves, urban climate and human health / Wilfried Endlicher [and others] -- City as a subject for ecological research / Herbert Sukopp -- Ecosystem processes along an urban-to-rural gradient / Mark J. McDonnell [and others] -- House sparrows : rapid evolution of races in North America / Richard F. Johnston, Robert K. Selander -- On the role of alien species in urban flora and vegetation / Ingo Kowarik -- Socioeconomics drive urban plant diversity / Diane Hope [and others] -- Fauna of the big city-- estimating species richness and abundance in Warsaw, Poland / Maciej Luniak -- Island biogeography for an urbanizing world : how extinction and colonization may determine biological diversity in human-dominated landscapes / John M. Marzluff -- Long-term survey of the avifauna in an urban park / Michael Abs and Frank Bergen -- Biodiversity in the Argentinean Rolling Pampa ecoregion : changes caused by agriculture and urbanisation / Ana M. Faggi [and others] -- Does differential access to protein influence differences in timing of breeding of Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) in suburban and wildland habitats? / Stephan J. Schoech and Reed Bowman -- Creating a homogeneous avifauna / Robert B. Blair -- Towards a mechanistic understanding of urbanization's impact on fish / Christian Wolter -- Bat activity in an urban landscape : patterns at the landscape and microhabitat scale / Stanley D. Gehrt and James E. Chelsvig -- Urbanization and spider diversity : influences of human modification of habitat structure and productivity / E. Shochat [and others] -- Social science concepts and frameworks for understanding urban ecosystems / Carolyn Harrison and Jacquie Burgess -- Iceberg and the Titanic : human economic behavior in ecological models / Jane V. Hall -- Forecasting demand for urban land / Paul Waddell and Terry Moore -- Characteristics, causes, and effects of sprawl : a literature review / Reid H. Ewing -- Urban ecological footprints : why cities cannot be sustainable-- and why they are a key to sustainability / William Rees and Mathis Wackernagel -- Health, supportive environments, and the reasonable person model / Stephen Kaplan, Rachel Kaplan -- Relationship between urban sprawl and physical activity, obesity, and morbidity / Reid Ewing [and others] -- Megacities as global risk areas / Frauke Kraas -- Why is understanding urban ecosystems important to people concerned about environmental justice? / Bunyan Bryant and John Callewaert -- Struggle to govern the commons / Thomas Dietz, Elinor Ostrom, Paul C. Stern -- Modeling the urban ecosystem : a conceptual framework / M. Alberti -- Scientific, institutional, and individual constraints on restoring Puget Sound rivers / Clare M. Ryan and Sara M. Jensen -- Toward ecosystem management : shifts in the core and the context of urban forest ecology / Rowan A. Rowntree -- What is the form of a city, and how is it made? / Kevin A. Lynch -- What should an ideal city look like from an ecological view? : ecological demands on the future city / Ruediger Wittig [and others] -- Land use planning and wildlife maintenance : guidelines for conserving wildlife in an urban landscape / Michael E. Soulé -- Terrestrial nature reserve design at the urban/rural interface / Craig L. Shafer -- Restoration of fragmented landscapes for the conservation of birds : a general framework and specific recommendations for urbanizing landscapes / John M. Marzluzz, Kern Ewing -- Steps involved in designing conservation subdivisions : a straightforward approach / Randall G. Arendt -- Beyond greenbelts and zoning : a new planning concept for the environment of Asian mega-cities / Makoto Yokohari [and others]. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Presents a comprehensive view of the urban ecosystem by introducing drivers, patterns, processes and effects of human settlement and the relationships between humans and other animals, plants, ecosystem processes, and abiotic conditions. |
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Restriction Note: |
University staff and students only. Requires University Computer Account login off-campus. |
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Local Note: |
NWRCCatalogISO20250428 |
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Host Item: |
In: Springer eBooks |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Print version: Urban ecology. New York : Springer, ©2008 ISBN 9780387734118 ISBN 0387734112 (DLC) 2007929538 (OCoLC)166358056 |
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Subject: |
Urban ecology (Sociology) |
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City planning--Environmental aspects. |
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Sustainable development. |
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Urban ecology (Biology) |
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Écologie urbaine. |
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Urbanisme--Aspect de l'environnement. |
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Développement durable. |
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urban environments. aat |
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sustainable development. aat |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology--Urban. bisacsh |
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City planning--Environmental aspects. cct |
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Sustainable development. cct |
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Urban ecology (Sociology) cct |
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Environnement. eclas |
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Sciences de la terre. eclas |
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Urban ecology (Biology) fast |
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City planning--Environmental aspects fast |
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Sustainable development fast |
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Urban ecology (Sociology) fast |
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Stadtökologie gnd |
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Index - Genre/Form: |
Aufsatzsammlung. swd |
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Name Added Entry: |
Marzluff, John M., editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJdWWfVGKcHvhHKBKJc773 |