Title: Avian ecology and conservation in an urbanizing world /
Authors: Marzluff, John M.; Bowman, Reed.; Donnelly, Roarke.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers,
Year: 2001
Subjects: Birds Ecology.; Urbanization Environmental aspects.; Birds Conservation.
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.