The bird-friendly city : creating safe urban habitats /

How does a bird experience a city? A backyard? A park? As the world has become more urban, noisier from increased traffic, and brighter from streetlights and office buildings, it has also become more dangerous for countless species of birds. Warblers become disoriented by nighttime lights and collid...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Beatley, Timothy, 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2020]
Temas:
Birds > Conservation.
Birds > Habitat > Conservation.
Urban wildlife management.
Oiseaux > Protection.
Faune urbaine > Aménagement.
Birds > Conservation
Urban wildlife management
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front cover
  • About Island Press
  • Subscribe
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. The benefits of birds in a world shaped by humans
  • 2. Birds in a changing world
  • 3. Protecting the birds around us
  • 4. Returning home
  • 5. Replacing habitats lost
  • 6. Vertical bird city
  • 7. Bird appreciation
  • 8. Design for safe passage
  • 9. Birds in Ravine City
  • 10. Black cockatoo rising
  • 11. Birdicity
  • 12. Cultivating a bird-caring citizenry
  • Notes.

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