Avian urban ecology : behavioural and physiological adaptations / edited by Diego Gil and Henrik Brumm.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gil, Diego, editor.

Brumm, Henrik, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Birds--Ecology.

Birds.

Urban animals--Ecology.

Urban animals.

Urban ecology (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 217 pages) : illustrations (black and white)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Summary:

As natural habitat continues to be lost and the world steadily becomes more urbanised, biologists are increasingly studying the effect this has on wildlife. Birds are particularly good model systems since their life history, behaviour, and physiology are especially influenced by directly measurable environmental factors such as light and sound pollution. It is therefore relatively easy to compare urban individuals and populations with their rural counterparts. This text focuses on the behavioural and physiological mechanisms which facilitate adaptation and on the evolutionary process that ensues.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-181017-7

OCLC:

1336405493