Urban ecology : its nature and challenges / edited by Pedro Barbosa, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barbosa, Pedro, 1944- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban ecology (Biology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, Oxfordshire ; Boston, MA : CAB International, [2020]

Summary:

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

Contents:

Preface

1. Urban Ecology: What Is It and Why Do We Need It?

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. Ecology of Urban Climates: The Need for Landscape Biophysics in Cities

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

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-78924-261-4

1-78924-262-2