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Nature all around us : a guide to urban ecology / edited by Beatrix Beisner, Christian Messier, and Luc-Alain Giraldeau ; translated by Beatrix Beisner

Uniform Title
Écologie en ville. English
Published
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2013]
Physical Description
147 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Additional Creators
Beisner, Beatrix E., Messier, Christian C., and Giraldeau, Luc-Alain, 1955-

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Contents
Introduction: what is ecology? -- Around the house and garden -- Apple at my core -- Arboreal aqueducts -- Lawn lions -- Praise for lazy gardeners -- The evolution of food -- Hey, taxi! -- Social life -- Bathroom drama -- Winter warmth -- In the neighborhood -- The secret life of ponds -- A life of extremes -- Prowling predator -- Pigeontown -- Animal intelligentsia -- Squirrelly neighbors -- From the chimney tops -- Long lifelines -- The metropolis -- Canary in the city -- Wing beats -- Enough already! -- Darwin's sweet tooth? -- A breath of fresh air -- Successful little birds -- Opportunistic gulls -- Urban root.
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ISBN
9780226922751 (paperback : alkaline paper)
0226922758 (paperback : alkaline paper)
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