Avian Urban Ecology: Behavioural and Physiological Adaptations

A vibrant and exciting discipline, with practical implications for conservation Uses the concept of adaptation throughout the book to integrate the chapters and set it aside from other books in the area, which tend to describe challenges without discussing the implications Includes contributions from an international team of leading experts Ideal graduate course material As natural habitat continues to be lost and the world steadily becomes more urbanized, biologists are increasingly studying the effect this has on wildlife. Birds are particularly good model systems since their life history, behaviour, and physiology are especially influenced by directly measurable environmental factors such as light and sound pollution. It is therefore relatively easy to compare urban individuals and populations with their rural counterparts. This accessible text focuses on the behavioural and physiological mechanisms which facilitate adaptation and on the evolutionary process that ensues. It discusses topics such as acoustics, reproductive cues, disease, and artificial feeding, and includes a series of case studies illustrating cutting edge research on these areas. Avian Urban Ecology is suitable for professional avian biologists and ornithologists as well as graduate students of avian ecology, evolution, and conservation. It will also be of relevance and use to a more general audience of urban ecologists and conservation biologists.

• ISBN: 978-0-19-966158-9
• Editorial: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS.
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 01/11/2013
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
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