ISBN:
0226922758
,
9780226922751
,
9780226922768
Language:
English
Pages:
147 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Uniform Title:
Écologie en ville 〈English〉
Parallel Title:
Print version Nature All Around Us : A Guide to Urban Ecology
DDC:
304.2/7
Keywords:
Urban ecology (Sociology)
;
Social ecology
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
It's easy to stand in awe of a city's impressive skyline, marveling at its buildings reaching for the clouds and its vast network of roadways and train lines crisscrossing in every direction. It can often seem like everything in a city is man-made, all concrete, steel, and glass. But even the asphalt jungle is not all asphalt-a sidewalk's cracks are filled with nature, if we know where and how to look. To aid us in this quest is Nature All Around Us, which will help us to recognize (and look after) the natural world we traipse through in our daily lives.Nature All Around Us uses the fam
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: what is ecology?Around the house and garden -- Apple at my core -- Arboreal aqueducts -- Lawn lions -- Praise for lazy gardeners -- The evolution of food -- Hey, taxi! -- Social life -- Bathroom drama -- Winter warmth -- In the neighborhood -- The secret life of ponds -- A life of extremes -- Prowling predator -- Pigeontown -- Animal intelligentsia -- Squirrelly neighbors -- From the chimney tops -- Long lifelines -- The metropolis -- Canary in the city -- Wing beats -- Enough already! -- Darwin's sweet tooth? -- A breath of fresh air -- Successful little birds -- Opportunistic gulls -- Urban root.
Note:
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Available via World Wide Web
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