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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Beatley, Timothy, 1957- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Washington, DC : Island Press, [2020]
Sujets:
Birds > Conservation.
Birds > Habitat > Conservation.
Urban wildlife management.
Oiseaux > Protection.
Faune urbaine > Aménagement.
Birds > Conservation
Urban wildlife management
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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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