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The Ecology of Urban Habitats /
This book is about the plants and animals of urban areas, not the urban fringe, not encapsulated countryside but those parts of towns where man's impact is greatest. The powerful anthropogenic influences that operate in cities have, until recently, rendered them unattractive to ecologists who f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer,
1991.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Characteristics of urban flora and fauna
- 2.1 Proliferation of introduced species
- 2.2 Severe disturbance
- 2.3 Increased opportunities for dispersal
- 2.4 Habitat diversity
- 2.5 Taxonomic and evolutionary aspects
- 2.6 Vertebrates
- 2.7 Invertebrates
- 2.8 Planted vegetation
- 2.9 Historical factors
- 3 The urban climate and air pollution
- 3.1 Climate
- 3.2 Air pollution
- 4 Soils in urban areas
- 4.1 The classification of urban soils
- 4.2 Conspectus
- 4.3 Characteristics of urban soils
- 4.4 Brick rubble
- 4.5 Topsoiled sites
- 5 Vegetation dynamics
- 5.1 Ecological change as greenfield sites become developed
- 5.2 Ecological change as urban land is recycled
- 5.3 Postdevelopment
- 5.4 Discussion
- 6 Urban commons
- 6.1 Plants
- 6.2 Animals
- 6.3 Research opportunities
- 7 Industrial areas
- 7.1 Raw materials
- 7.2 Buildings, structures, hard landscapes
- 7.3 Energy aspects
- 7.4 Stores and warehouses
- 7.5 Solid waste material
- 7.6 Modern trends
- 8 Railways
- 8.1 The permanent way
- 8.2 Sidings
- 8.3 Brickwork and masonry
- 8.4 Verges
- 8.5 Boundary features
- 9 Roads
- 9.1 Road design
- 9.2 Exhaust emissions
- 9.3 De-icing salt
- 9.4 Traffic stress
- 9.5 Street trees
- 9.6 Grass verges
- 9.7 Animals
- 10 City centres
- 10.1 Animals
- 10.2 Vegetation
- 10.3 Interactions
- 11 City parks
- 11.1 Habitats within a park
- 11.2 Grassland
- 11.3 Growth retardants and herbicides
- 11.4 The changing wild flora of parks
- 11.5 Lakes
- 11.6 Mammals
- 11.7 Birds
- 11.8 Invertebrates
- 12 Allotments and leisure gardens
- 12.1 Background
- 12.2 Cultivated plots
- 12.3 Secondary successions
- 12.4 Birds
- 12.5 Supplementary habitats
- 12.6 Fostering wildlife on allotments
- 13 Cemeteries
- 13.1 Background
- 13.2 Structure planting
- 13.3 Shrubs
- 13.4 The ground layer
- 13.5 Grave plots
- 13.6 Relic communities
- 13.7 Succession
- 13.8 Management options
- 14 Gardens
- 14.1 Vegetation
- 14.2 Animals
- 14.3 Discussion
- 15 Rivers, canals, ponds, lakes, reservoirs and water mains
- 15.1 Urban hydrology
- 15.2 Rivers
- 15.3 Canals
- 15.4 Ponds, lakes, reservoirs and water mains
- 16 Woodland
- 16.1 The archaeology of a small urban wood
- 16.2 Ancient seminatural woodland
- 16.3 Plantations on the site of ancient woodland
- 16.4 Spontaneous recent woodland
- 16.5 Plantations
- 16.6 Birds
- 17 Living with wildlife
- 17.1 The aesthetic conflict
- 17.2 Social considerations
- 17.3 Design and management
- 17.4 Benefits for all
- References.