Nature all around us
Subtitle: a guide to urban ecology
By: edited by Beatrix Beisner, Christian Messier, and Luc-Alain Giraldeau ; translated by Beatrix Beisner
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780226922751; 9780226922768
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Urban ecology (Sociology)
Work titles: Écologie en ville. English
Table of contents: title: Introduction: what is ecology?; title: Around the house and garden; title: Apple at my core; title: Arboreal aqueducts; title: Lawn lions; title: Praise for lazy gardeners; title: The evolution of food; title: Hey, taxi!; title: Social life; title: Bathroom drama; title: Winter warmth; title: In the neighborhood; title: The secret life of ponds; title: A life of extremes; title: Prowling predator; title: Pigeontown; title: Animal intelligentsia; title: Squirrelly neighbors; title: From the chimney tops; title: Long lifelines; title: The metropolis; title: Canary in the city; title: Wing beats; title: Enough already!; title: Darwin's sweet tooth?; title: A breath of fresh air; title: Successful little birds; title: Opportunistic gulls; title: Urban root.