Darwin comes to town
Subtitle: how the urban jungle drives evolution
By: Menno Schilthuizen
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9781250127822
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Urban ecology (Biology); Evolution (Biology); Nature; Effect of human beings on
Other titles: How the urban jungle drives evolution
Description: With human populations growing, we're having an increasing impact on global ecosystems, and nowhere do these impacts overlap as much as they do in cities. "Urban ecologists" study how our manmade environments are changing the evolution of the animals and plants around us. Schilthuizen takes us around the world for an up-close look at just how stunningly flexible and swift-moving natural selection can be. He shows how the wildlife sharing these spaces with us is not just surviving, but evolving ways of thriving.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-280) and index.
Table of contents: title: City portal; title: I. City life. Nature's ultimate ecosystem engineer ; The ant(hropo)-hill ; Downtown ecology ; Urban naturalists ; City slickers ; If I can make it there; title: II. Cityscapes. These are the facts ; Urban myths ; So it really is ; Town mouse, country mouse ; Poisoning pigeons in the park ; Bright lights, big city ; But is it really evolution?; title: III. City encounters. Close urban encounters ; Self-domestication ; Songs of the city ; Sex and the city ; Turdus urbanicus; title: IV. Darwin city. Evolution in a telecoupled world ; Design it with Darwin; title: Outskirt.