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OverviewUrban Wildlife Habitats was first published in 1994. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.In cities, towns, and villages, between buildings and parking lots, streets and sidewalks, and polluted streams and rivers, there is ever less space for the ""natural,"" the plants and animals that once were at home across North America. In this first book-length study of the subject, Lowell W. Adams reviews the impact of urban and suburban growth on natural plant and animal communities and reveals how, with appropriate landscape planning and urban development, cities and towns can be made more accommodating for a wide diversity of species, including our own. Soils and ground surface, air, water, and noise pollution, space and demographics are among the urban characteristics Adams considers in relation to wildlife. He describes changes in the composition and structure of vegetation, as native species are replaced by exotic ones, and shows how, with spreading urbanization of natural habitats, the diversity of species of plants and animals almost always declines, although the density of a few species increases. Adams contends, however, that it is possible for a wide variety of species to coexist in the metropolitan environment, and he cites a growing interest in the practice of ""natural landscaping,"" which emphasizes the use of native species and considers the structure, pattern, and species composition of vegetation as it relates to wildlife needs. Urban habitats vary from small city parks in densely built downtowns to suburbs with large yards and considerable open space. Adams discusses the opportunities these areas-along with school yards, hospital grounds, cemeteries, individual residences, and vacant lots-provide for judicious wildlife management and for the salutary interaction of people with nature. Lowell W. Adams is vice president of the National Institute for Urban Wildlife in Columbia, Maryland. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lowell W. AdamsPublisher: University of Minnesota Press Imprint: University of Minnesota Press Edition: Minnesota Archive Editions ed. Volume: v. 3 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.320kg ISBN: 9780816622139ISBN 10: 0816622132 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 08 June 1994 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsWildlife encounters of the urban kind; ecological processes; the metropolitan setting; soils and plant communities; animal populations and communities; habitat patterns in the landscape; aspects of wildlife management; managing urban habitats for wildlife; managing animals that become pests; looking to the future.ReviewsAuthor InformationProfessor Lowell Adams is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Maryland. His research interests are urban wildlife ecology and management, human-wildlife interactions in metropolitan environments, ecology and management of urban open spaces, biological and cultural carrying capacities of urban habitats for wildlife, biological diversity in metropolitan environments. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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