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Avian ecology and conservation in an urbanizing world /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Marzluff, John M., Bowman, Reed, Donnelly, Roarke
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [2001]
Subjects:
Birds.
Conservation of Natural Resources.
Urbanization.
Ecology.
Table of 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 ... [et al.]
  • 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 ... [et al.]
  • 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 ... [et al.]
  • 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
  • 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 ... [et al.]
  • 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.