Ecology and Conservation of Birds in Urban Environments
This book provides syntheses of ecological theories and overarching patterns of urban bird ecology that have only recently become available. The numerous habitats represented in this book ranges from rows of trees in wooded alleys, to wastelands and remna
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ology and Conservation of Birds in Urban Environments
Ecology and Conservation of Birds in Urban Environments
Enrique Murgui • Marcus Hedblom Editors
Ecology and Conservation of Birds in Urban Environments
Editors Enrique Murgui G.V. Marque´s del Turia Grupo para el Estudio de las Aves Valencia, Valencia Spain
Marcus Hedblom Department of Forest Resource Management Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala, Sweden
ISBN 978-3-319-43312-7 ISBN 978-3-319-43314-1 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-43314-1
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Foreword
Urbanization is one of the most transformative human land-use processes on our globe and will increase in the coming years. Today, more than half of the world’s population resides in urban areas and it is projected that by 2050 at least two-thirds of the world’s population will be urban. Urbanization has an enormous impact on natural habitats and resources, and urban growth is responsible for major losses in biodiversity. However, urbanized areas can offer a wide variety and mosaic of habitats and structures, from almost vegetation-free city centers to various kinds of gardens in the suburbs and residential areas, including city parks, cemeteries, forest remnants, and fallow land with ruderal vegetation. A core question relating to urban landscapes is, therefore, to what degree urban habitats can contribute to biodiversity, because it is not just man that urbanizes but wildlife also. Birds are among the most conspicuous urbanizers and are the best studied. Birds often serve as model o
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