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Urban Raptors : Ecology and Conservation of Birds of Prey in Cities
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ISBN: 9781610918411 Year: 2018 Publisher: Washington, DC Island Press/Center for Resource Economics

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Raptors are an unusual success story of wildness thriving in the heart of our cities—they have developed substantial populations around the world in recent decades. But there are deeper issues around how these birds make their urban homes. New research provides insight into the role of raptors as vital members of the urban ecosystem and future opportunities for protection, management, and environmental education. A cutting-edge synthesis of over two decades of scientific research, Urban Raptors is the first book to offer a complete overview of urban ecosystems in the context of bird-of-prey ecology and conservation. This comprehensive volume examines urban environments, explains why some species adapt to urban areas but others do not, and introduces modern research tools to help in the study of urban raptors. It also delves into climate change adaptation, human-wildlife conflict, and the unique risks birds of prey face in urban areas before concluding with real-world wildlife management case studies and suggestions for future research and conservation efforts. Boal and Dykstra have compiled the go-to single source of information on urban birds of prey. Among researchers, urban green space planners, wildlife management agencies, birders, and informed citizens alike, Urban Raptors will foster a greater understanding of birds of prey and an increased willingness to accommodate them as important members, not intruders, of our cities.


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Urban Raptors : Ecology and Conservation of Birds of Prey in Cities
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ISBN: 9781610918411 161091841X 9781610919876 1610919874 9781610918404 1610918401 9781610918398 1610918398 Year: 2018 Publisher: Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press,

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Raptors are an unusual success story of wildness thriving in the heart of our cities—they have developed substantial populations around the world in recent decades. But there are deeper issues around how these birds make their urban homes. New research provides insight into the role of raptors as vital members of the urban ecosystem and future opportunities for protection, management, and environmental education. A cutting-edge synthesis of over two decades of scientific research, Urban Raptors is the first book to offer a complete overview of urban ecosystems in the context of bird-of-prey ecology and conservation. This comprehensive volume examines urban environments, explains why some species adapt to urban areas but others do not, and introduces modern research tools to help in the study of urban raptors. It also delves into climate change adaptation, human-wildlife conflict, and the unique risks birds of prey face in urban areas before concluding with real-world wildlife management case studies and suggestions for future research and conservation efforts. Boal and Dykstra have compiled the go-to single source of information on urban birds of prey. Among researchers, urban green space planners, wildlife management agencies, birders, and informed citizens alike, Urban Raptors will foster a greater understanding of birds of prey and an increased willingness to accommodate them as important members, not intruders, of our cities.

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General ecology and biosociology --- Animal ethology and ecology. Sociobiology --- Pedology --- Environmental planning --- Economic geography --- dierenecologie --- ruimtelijke ordening --- ecologie --- geografie --- ecosystemen --- klimaatverandering --- Urban ecology (Biology). --- Regional planning. --- Urban planning. --- Animal ecology. --- Ecosystems. --- Ecology . --- Urban Ecology. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Animal Ecology. --- Terrestial Ecology. --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Ecology --- Animals --- Zoology --- Cities and towns --- City planning --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Regional development --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Landscape protection --- City ecology (Biology) --- Government policy --- Management --- Environmental aspects --- North America. --- Turtle Island --- Birds of prey --- Urban animals --- Urban ecology (Biology) --- Birds --- City animals --- City fauna --- Urban fauna --- Urban wildlife --- Aves --- Avian fauna --- Avifauna --- Wild birds --- Amniotes --- Vertebrates --- Ornithology --- Predatory birds --- Prey, Birds of --- Raptores --- Raptorial birds --- Raptors --- Predatory animals --- Conservation --- City planning. --- Biotic communities. --- Ecology.

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