ISBN:
9781119241096
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (302 Seiten)
Edition:
This edition first published 2016
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Parris, Kirsten M. Ecology of urban environments
DDC:
304.2091732
Keywords:
Urban ecology (Biology)
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Electronic books
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œaElectronic books
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Stadtökologie
Abstract:
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Setting the scene -- 1.2 What is urban ecology? -- 1.3 Why is urban ecology interesting? -- 1.4 The aims of this book -- References -- Chapter 2: Urban environments -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Primary biophysical processes associated with urbanization -- 2.3 Secondary biophysical processes associated with urbanization -- 2.4 Stochasticity in urban environments -- 2.5 Summary -- References -- Chapter 3: Population- and species-level responses to urbanization -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Responses to the secondary biophysical processes of urbanization -- 3.3 Biological introductions and invasions -- 3.4 Human disturbance -- 3.5 Stochastic effects on populations in urban environments -- 3.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 4: Community-level responses to urbanization -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Selection: niche theories in urban ecology -- 4.3 Ecological drift: modelling stochasticity in urban communities -- 4.4 Dispersal: the movement of individuals through space -- 4.5 Diversification: the evolution of new lineages in urban environments -- 4.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 5: Ecosystem-level responses to urbanization -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Carbon -- 5.3 Water -- 5.4 The nitrogen cycle -- 5.5 Summary -- References -- Chapter 6: The urban ecology of humans -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 The urban form -- 6.3 Pollution and waste -- 6.4 Climatic changes in urban environments -- 6.5 Health inequities in the world's cities -- 6.6 Summary -- References -- Chapter 7: Conserving biodiversity and maintaining ecosystem services in cities -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Strategies for conserving biodiversity and maintaining ecosystem services in cities -- 7.3 Novel habitats, novel ecosystems -- 7.4 Summary -- References.
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