000			01520nam a2200169Ia 4500
020			_a0521743494
082			_a307.76 _bGAS
100			_aGaston, Kevin J. Ed.
245			_aUrban ecology
260			_aDelhi _bCambridge Uni. Press _c2010
300			_ax,318p.
440			_aEcological reviews _vEd. by Hefin Jones
500			_aCONTENTS List of contributors vii Preface xi 1. Urban ecology by Kevin J. Gaston 1 2. Urbanisation by Kevin J. Gaston 10 3. Urban environments and ecosystem functions by Kevin J. Gaston, Zoe G. Davies and Jill L. Edmondson 35 4. Individual species and urbanisation by Karl L. Evans 53 5. Species diversity and urbanisation: patterns, drivers and implications by Gary W. Luck and Lisa T. Smallbone 88 6. Urbanisation and alien invasion Stefan Klotz and Ingolf Kuiihn120 7. Interactions between people and nature in urban environments by Richard A. Fuller and Katherine N. Irvine 134 8. Urban ecology and human social organisation by Paige S. Warren, Sharon Harlan, Christopher Boone, Susannah B. Lerman, Eyal Shochat and Ann P. Kinzig 172 9. Urban ecology and human health and wellbeing by Jo Barton and Jules Pretty 202 10. Bringing cities alive: the importance of urban greenspaces for people and biodiversity by Jon Sadler, Adam Bates, James Hale and Philip James230 11. Integrating nature values in urban planning and design by Robbert Snep and Paul Opdam 261 12. Urban futures by Michael L. McKinney 287 Index 309
890			_aIndia
891			_aUD
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