Avian Ecology and Conservation in an Urbanizing World

OneofthemoststrikingandpersistentwayshumansdominateEarthisbychangingland-coveraswesettlearegion.Muchofourecologicalunderstandingaboutthisprocesscomesfromstudiesofbirds,yettheexistingliteratureisscattered,mostlydecadesold,andrarelysynthesizedorstandardized.Thetwenty-sevencontributionsauthoredbyleadersinthefieldsofavianandurbanecologypresentauniquesummaryofcurrentresearchonbirdsinsettledenvironmentsrangingfromwildlandstoexurban,ruraltourban.Ecologists,landmanagers,wildlifemanagers,evolutionaryecologists,urbanplanners,landscapearchitects,andconservationbiologistswillfindourinformationusefulbecauseweaddresstheconservationandevolutionaryimplicationsofurbanlifefromanecologicalandplanningperspective.Graduatestudentsinthesefieldsalsowillfindthevolumetobeausefulsummaryandsynthesisofcurrentresearch,extantliterature,andprescriptionsforfuturework.Allinterestedinhuman-drivenland-coverchangeswillbenefitfromaperusalofthisbookbecausewepresenthighaltitudephotographsofeachstudyarea.