Urban Raptors Ecology and Conservation of Birds of Prey in Cities /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Boal, Clint (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Dykstra, Cheryl (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Urban ecology (Biology).; Regional planning.; Urban planning.; Animal ecology.; Ecosystems.; Ecology .; Urban Ecology.; Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning.; Animal Ecology.; Terrestial Ecology.

Raptors are an unusual success story of wildness thriving in the heart of our cities-they have developed substantial populations around the world in recent decades. But there are deeper issues around how these birds make their urban homes. New research provides insight into the role of raptors as vi...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• PART I: Raptors in Urban Ecosystems
• Chapter 1. Urban Birds of Prey: A Lengthy History of Human-Raptor Cohabitation
• Chapter 2. City Lifestyles: Behavioral Ecology of Urban Raptors
• Chapter 3. Urban Raptor Communities: Why Some Raptors and Not Others Occupy Urban Environments
• Chapter 4. Demography of Raptor Populations in Urban Environments
• Chapter 5. Urbanization and Raptors: Trends and Research
• PART II: Urban Raptors
• Chapter 6. Mississippi Kites
• Chapter 7. Cooper's Hawk: The Bold Backyard
• Chapter 8. Red-shouldered Hawk: Adaptable Denizen of the Suburbs
• Chapter 9. Harris's Hawks: All in the Family
• Chapter 10. Barred Owls: A Nocturnal Generalist Thrives in Wooded, Suburban Habitats
• Chapter 11. Powerful Owls: Possum Assassins Move into Town
• Chapter 12. Burrowing Owls: Happy Urbanite or Disgruntled Tenant?
• Chapter 13. Peregrine Falcon: The Neighbors
• PART III: Conservation and Management
• Chapter 14. Raptor Mortality in Urban Landscapes
• Chapter 15. Raptor-Human Conflicts in Urban Settings
• Chapter 16. Raptors: Victims and Ambassadors-Raptor Rehabilitation, Education, and Outreach
• Chapter 17. Urban Raptor Case Studies: Lessons from Texas
• Chapter 18. Management and Conservation of Urban Raptors
• Chapter 19. Perspectives and Future Directions
• Contributors
• Index.