Avian Urban Ecology
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 14 November 2013
- ISBN 9780199661572
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages234 pages
- Size 338x195x17 mm
- Weight 690 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This edited volume adopts an evolutionary framework to explore how pre-existing differences in life history, behaviour, and physiology of birds may determine the course of their adaptation to urban habitats.
MoreLong description:
As natural habitat continues to be lost and the world steadily becomes more urbanized, biologists are increasingly studying the effect this has on wildlife. Birds are particularly good model systems since their life history, behaviour, and physiology are especially influenced by directly measurable environmental factors such as light and sound pollution. It is therefore relatively easy to compare urban individuals and populations with their rural counterparts. This accessible text focuses on the behavioural and physiological mechanisms which facilitate adaptation and on the evolutionary process that ensues. It discusses topics such as acoustics, reproductive cues, disease, and artificial feeding, and includes a series of case studies illustrating cutting edge research on these areas.
Avian Urban Ecology is suitable for professional avian biologists and ornithologists as well as graduate students of avian ecology, evolution, and conservation. It will also be of relevance and use to a more general audience of urban ecologists and conservation biologists.
An excellent resource for undergraduate- and graduate-level students looking for an introduction to the current status of urban ecology knowledge and future research directions.The authoritative and extensive coverage of many topics related to behavioural and physiological adaptations of birds in urban environments can also provide a valuable reference text for established urban ecology researchers.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Part 1: The Urban Environment
The challenges of urban living
The impact of artificial light on avian ecology
Wild bird feeding (probably) affects avian urban ecology
Part 2: Behaviour and Physiology
Attention, habituation, and antipredator behaviour: implications for urban birds
Behavioral and ecological predictors of urbanization
Acoustic communication in the urban environment: patterns, mechanisms, and potential consequences of avian song adjustments
The impact of anthropogenic noise on avian communication and fitness
Reproductive adaptations of urban birds: environmental cues and mechanisms
The impacts of urbanization on avian disease transmission and emergence
Part 3: Evolutionary Processes
Understanding the mechanisms of phenotypic responses following colonization of urban areas: From plastic to genetic adaptation
Landscape genetics of urban bird populations
Reconciling innovation and adaptation during recurrent colonization of urban environments: molecular, genetic, and developmental bases
Part 4: Case Studies
Acoustic, morphological and genetic adaptations to urban habitats in the silvereye (Zosterops lateralis)
Human-induced changes in the dynamics of species coexistence: an example with two sister species
The application of signal transmission modelling in conservation biology: on the possible impact of a projected motorway on avian communication
The importance of wooded urban green areas for breeding birds: a case study from Northern Finland
