The Ecology of Urban Habitats
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
1991.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 1991. |
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| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3068-4 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Characteristics of urban flora and fauna
- 2.1 Proliferation of introduced species
- 2.2 Severe disturbance
- 2.3 Increased opportunities for dispersal
- 2.4 Habitat diversity
- 2.5 Taxonomic and evolutionary aspects
- 2.6 Vertebrates
- 2.7 Invertebrates
- 2.8 Planted vegetation
- 2.9 Historical factors
- 3 The urban climate and air pollution
- 3.1 Climate
- 3.2 Air pollution
- 4 Soils in urban areas
- 4.1 The classification of urban soils
- 4.2 Conspectus
- 4.3 Characteristics of urban soils
- 4.4 Brick rubble
- 4.5 Topsoiled sites
- 5 Vegetation dynamics
- 5.1 Ecological change as greenfield sites become developed
- 5.2 Ecological change as urban land is recycled
- 5.3 Postdevelopment
- 5.4 Discussion
- 6 Urban commons
- 6.1 Plants
- 6.2 Animals
- 6.3 Research opportunities
- 7 Industrial areas
- 7.1 Raw materials
- 7.2 Buildings, structures, hard landscapes
- 7.3 Energy aspects
- 7.4 Stores and warehouses
- 7.5 Solid waste material
- 7.6 Modern trends
- 8 Railways
- 8.1 The permanent way
- 8.2 Sidings
- 8.3 Brickwork and masonry
- 8.4 Verges
- 8.5 Boundary features
- 9 Roads
- 9.1 Road design
- 9.2 Exhaust emissions
- 9.3 De-icing salt
- 9.4 Traffic stress
- 9.5 Street trees
- 9.6 Grass verges
- 9.7 Animals
- 10 City centres
- 10.1 Animals
- 10.2 Vegetation
- 10.3 Interactions
- 11 City parks
- 11.1 Habitats within a park
- 11.2 Grassland
- 11.3 Growth retardants and herbicides
- 11.4 The changing wild flora of parks
- 11.5 Lakes
- 11.6 Mammals
- 11.7 Birds
- 11.8 Invertebrates
- 12 Allotments and leisure gardens
- 12.1 Background
- 12.2 Cultivated plots
- 12.3 Secondary successions
- 12.4 Birds
- 12.5 Supplementary habitats
- 12.6 Fostering wildlife on allotments
- 13 Cemeteries
- 13.1 Background
- 13.2 Structure planting
- 13.3 Shrubs
- 13.4 The ground layer
- 13.5 Grave plots
- 13.6 Relic communities
- 13.7 Succession
- 13.8 Management options
- 14 Gardens
- 14.1 Vegetation
- 14.2 Animals
- 14.3 Discussion
- 15 Rivers, canals, ponds, lakes, reservoirs and water mains
- 15.1 Urban hydrology
- 15.2 Rivers
- 15.3 Canals
- 15.4 Ponds, lakes, reservoirs and water mains
- 16 Woodland
- 16.1 The archaeology of a small urban wood
- 16.2 Ancient seminatural woodland
- 16.3 Plantations on the site of ancient woodland
- 16.4 Spontaneous recent woodland
- 16.5 Plantations
- 16.6 Birds
- 17 Living with wildlife
- 17.1 The aesthetic conflict
- 17.2 Social considerations
- 17.3 Design and management
- 17.4 Benefits for all
- References.