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Author : Daniel L. Leedy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : City planning
ISBN : MINN:31951P008901950
Author : Daniel L. Leedy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : City planning
ISBN : OCLC:251735670
Author : Daniel L. Leedy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : City planning
ISBN : UOM:39015086412486
Author : Daniel L. Leedy,Thomas M. Franklin,Robert M. Maestro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Fishing
ISBN : UOM:39015086413351
Author : Tricia Rosenthal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Biology
ISBN : UOM:39015086473876
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Ecology
ISBN : UOM:39015017866602
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1980-03
Category : Conservation of natural resources
ISBN : UOM:39015086412106
Author : Robert A. McCleery,Christopher E. Moorman,M. Nils Peterson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781489975003
In the past, wildlife living in urban areas were ignored by wildlife professionals and urban planners because cities were perceived as places for people and not for wild animals. Paradoxically, though, many species of wildlife thrive in these built environments. Interactions between humans and wildlife are more frequent in urban areas than any other place on earth and these interactions impact human health, safety and welfare in both positive and negative ways. Although urban wildlife control pest species, pollinate plants and are fun to watch, they also damage property, spread disease and even attack people and pets. In urban areas, the combination of dense human populations, buildings, impermeable surfaces, introduced vegetation, and high concentrations of food, water and pollution alter wildlife populations and communities in ways unseen in more natural environments. For these ecological and practical reasons, researchers and mangers have shown a growing interest in urban wildlife ecology and management. This growing interest in urban wildlife has inspired many studies on the subject that have yet to be synthesized in a cohesive narrative. Urban Wildlife: Theory and Practice fills this void by synthesizing the latest ecological and social knowledge in the subject area into an interdisciplinary and practical text. This volume provides a foundation for the future growth and understanding of urban wildlife ecology and management by: • Clearly defining th e concepts used to study and describe urban wildlife, • Offering a cohesive understanding of the coupled natural and social drivers that shape urban wildlife ecology, • Presenting the patterns and processes of wildlife response to an urbanizing world and explaining the mechanisms behind them and • Proposing means to create physical and social environments that are mutually beneficial for both humans and wildlife.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Government publications
ISBN : OSU:32435069467868
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1981-07
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112063912528
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Wildlife conservation
ISBN : UCSD:31822023221542
Author : Adrian X. Esparza,Guy McPherson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009-06-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0387981675
Much of the country’s recent population growth is situated in exurban areas. By many accounts exurbanization has become the dominant pattern of land development in the country and there is no indication it will slow in the foreseeable future (Theobald 2005; Brown et al. 2005; Glennon and Kretser 2005). By definition, exurban development takes place beyond the metropolitan fringe, often in rural and remote areas. The development of new exurban communities is a growing trend, especially in the West. In this case, developers and homebuilders seek large tracts of land, up to thousands of acres, in rural areas (typically within 50 miles of a large city) where they plan entire communities consisting of commercial, retail and residential land uses. Recreational amenities such as golf courses and hiking/biking trails are often included in these master-planned developments. Our philosophy is reflected in the book’s two objectives. First, we seek to document the extent and impacts of exurban development across the country. At issue is demonstrating why planners and the public-at-large should be concerned about exurbanization. We will demonstrate that even though exurbanization favors amenity rich regions, it affects all areas of the country through the loss of agricultural and grazing lands, impacts to watersheds and land modification. A summary of environmental impacts is presented, including the loss of wildlands and agricultural productivity, land modification, soil erosion, impacts to terrestrial hydrologic systems, the loss of biodiversity, nonnative and endangered species and other topics. Our second aim is to provide readers from diverse (nonscientific) backgrounds with a working knowledge of how and why exurbanization impacts environmental systems. This is accomplished by working closely to ensure contributors follow a specific outline for each chapter. First, contributors will spell out fundamental concepts, principles and processes that apply to their area of expertise (e.g., riparian areas). Contributors will move beyond a cursory understanding of ecological processes without overwhelming readers with the dense material found typically in specialized texts. For this reason, visuals and other support materials will be integral to each chapter. We have chosen contributors carefully based on their record as research scientists and acumen as educators. Second, once the mechanics have been laid out, authors will explain how and why land development in nearby areas influences ecosystems. Issues of interdependency, modification and adaptation, spatial scale and varying time horizons will be featured. Third, contributors will weigh in on the pros and cons of various land-development schemes. Fourth, authors will share their thinking on the merits of conservation devices such as wildlife corridors, open-space requirements and watershed management districts. Finally, each chapter will conclude by identifying pitfalls to avoid and highlighting "best practices" that will mitigate environmental problems or avoid them altogether. In sum, after completing each chapter, readers should have a firm grasp of relevant concepts and processes, an understanding of current research and know how to apply science to land-use decisions.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1094 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Wild life, Conservation of
ISBN : UIUC:30112010268917
Author : Stephen DeStefano
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0674035569
A moose frustrates commuters by wandering onto the highway; an alligator suns himself in a strip mall parking lot. DeStefano draws on decades of experience as a biologist and conservationist to examine the interplay between urban sprawl and wayward wildlife. He asks us to rethink the meaning of progress and create a new suburban wildlife ethic.
Author : S.S. Bell,Earl D. McCoy,H.R. Mushinsky
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 451 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789401130769
We conceived the idea for this book after teaching a graduate seminar on 'Habitat Complexity' at The University of South Florida. Discussions during the seminar led us to conclude that similar goals were to be found in studies of the topic that spanned the breadth of ecological research. Yet, the exact meaning of 'habitat structure', and the way in which it was measured, seemed to differ widely among subdisciplines. Our own research, which involves several sorts of ecology, convinced us that the differences among subdisciplines were indeed real ones, and that they did inhibit communica tion. We decided that interchange of ideas among researchers working in marine ecology, plant-animal interactions, physiological ecology, and other more-or-less independent fields would be worthwhile, in that it might lead to useful generalizations about 'habitat structure'. To foster this interchange of ideas. we organized a symposium to attract researchers working with a wide variety of organisms living in many habitats, but united in their interest in the topic of 'habitat structure'. The symposium was held at The University of South Florida's Chinsegut Hill Conference Center, in May. 1988. We asked participants to think about 'habitat structure' in new ways; to synthesize important, but fragmented, information; and. perhaps. to consider ways of translating ideas across systems. The chapters contained in this book reflect the participants' attempts to do so. The book is divided into four parts, by major themes that we have found useful categorizations.