+612 9045 4394
 
CHECKOUT
The Ecology of Urban Habits - O.L. Gilbert

The Ecology of Urban Habits

Paperback

Ships: 5 to 9 business days
5 to 9 business days
$125.05
or 4 easy payments of $31.26 with Learn more
if ordered within

A survey on the ecology of plants and animals in such familiar habitats as parks, gardens, cemeteries, wasteland, industrial sites and shopping centres, railways, roads and canals. The importance and significance of the flora and fauna in these areas is highlighted and ideas for developing mutually beneficial links between people and urban wildlife are suggested. Emphasis is placed on successful relationships, regional patterns of variation and those habitat factors that are peculiar to towns and cities.

Characteristics of urban flora and fauna; the urban climate and air pollution; soils in urban areas; vegetation dynamics; urban commons; industrial areas; railways; roads; city centres; city parks; allotments and leisure gardens; cemeteries; gardens; rivers; canals; ponds; lakes; reservoirs and water mains; woodland; living with wildlife.

ISBN: 9780412455001
ISBN-10: 0412455005
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 369
Publisher: SPRINGER VERLAG GMBH
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 23.39 x 15.6  x 2.01
Weight (kg): 0.54
Edition Type: New edition

More Books in Ecological Science See All >

QUICK LINKS