Unnatural Habitat

The Native and Exotic Wildlife of Los Angeles

By: Craig Stanford, Maddalena Bearzi (Illustrator)

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Paperback | 28 May 2024

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256 Pages

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21.5 x 13.9 x 2.1

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Craig Stanford has an established reputation as a science writer for both an academic and trade audience, he is theProfessor of Anthropology and Biological Sciences at USC, and Co-Director, USC Jane Goodall Research Center.
Stanford's books and writing have been praised by the Washington Post, Times Literary Supplement, the Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, and Jane Goodall.
A series of accessible essays that together offer a survey of the plants, birds, mammals, and arthropods of LA, both native and introduced, with a discussion of the conservation implications of their presence, together with reflections by the author on his own relationships with the organisms in question.
The book is organized in 5 sections: 1) a focus on nature in suburbia; 2) misunderstood or overlooked flora and fauna in LA; 3) endangered or fading species in LA including oaks and various pollinators; 4) the backyard; 5) sharing the habitat in LA or 'neighborly' creatures
Will include illustrations from Maddalena Bearzi, author of Stranded.
This book looks at the ecology of LA from the perspective of a conservation advocate and with an eye toward a holistic sense of ecology, and brings in the author's personal voice and experience as a transplant to LA.
A book published for a core audience in Southern California.
The LA Times"Wild" newsletter indicates a thirst for connection with the natural environment in Southern California, and this book supports further development of that tendency.
Heyday has a mission to connect Californians to their natural environment, and that includes nature in their cities. Books like Stranded, the "Californian's Guide To" series, Fylling's Nature in Your Neighborhood, and Spiders in Your Neighborhood all are the other books we've been excited to publish toward this end. This book will fit along nicely with these!
Includes a 'further reading' section.

Industry Reviews

Praise for Unnatural Habitat:

"A worthy and illuminating entry in the tradition of works exploring urbanization's effect on the environment. [...] Stanford's fundamental message is clear and simple (and oft-repeated): To preserve a Los Angeles in which humans and nature benefit from one another, we must increase our understanding of our city's fragile wildlife mosaic." -Daniel Vitale, Los Angeles Times

"Unnatural Habitat puts an important spotlight on how L.A. is uniquely positioned to support unique and diverse flora and fauna. The fun and vivid descriptions of the ecological interactions and fascinating history behind L.A.'s biodiversity will inspire local residents to consider even the most human dominated neighborhoods as places to explore nature." -Miguel Ordenana, Wildlife Biologist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Praise for The New Chimpanzee by Craig B. Stanford (Harvard, 2018):

"Stanford is a talented and fluent writer as well as an accomplished researcher." -The Wall Street Journal

Praise for Planet Without Apes by Craig B. Stanford (Belknap, 2014):

"Craig Stanford's book makes compelling reading. [The great apes] have helped us better understand our own behavior. Now it is our turn to help them, and when you read this book, you will realize that we MUST." -Jane Goodall

"Stanford reveals a complex web of cultural, social, economic and biological issues that explain why this problem is so exceedingly difficult to solve." -The Washington Post

"In his wide-ranging call for action, Stanford lays out the critical threats, arguing that humanity's closest cousins are viewed as savage 'others' and subjected to a genocidal urge last seen in the colonial era." -Nature

"This is a timely call for effective action." -Publishers Weekly

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