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- catalog abstract "In this first book-length study of the subject, Adams reviews the impact of urban and suburban growth on natural plant and animal communities and reveals how, with appropriate landscape planning and urban development, cities and towns can be made more accommodating for a wide diversity of species, including our own. In cities, towns, and villages, between buildings and parking lots, streets and sidewalks, and polluted streams and rivers, there is ever less space for the "natural," the plants and animals that once were at home across North America. In this first book-length study of the subject, Lowell W. Adams reviews the impact of urban and suburban growth on natural plant and animal communities and reveals how, with appropriate landscape planning and urban development, cities and towns can be made more accommodating for a wide diversity of species, including our own. Soils and ground surface, air, water, and noise pollution, space and demographics are among the urban characteristics Adams considers in relation to wildlife. He describes changes in the composition and structure of vegetation, as native species are replaced by exotic ones, and shows how, with spreading urbanization of natural habitats, the diversity of species of plants and animals almost always declines, although the density of a few species increases. Adams contends, however, that it is possible for a wide variety of species to coexist in the metropolitan environment, and he cites a growing interest in the practice of "natural landscaping," which emphasizes the use of native species and considers the structure, pattern, and species composition of vegetation as it relates to wildlife needs. Urban habitats vary from small city parks in densely built downtowns to suburbs with large yards and considerable open space. Adams discusses the opportunities these areas--along with school yards, hospital grounds, cemeteries, individual residences, and vacant lots--provide for judicious wildlife management and for the salutary interaction of people with nature.".
- catalog contributor b7152580.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "In cities, towns, and villages, between buildings and parking lots, streets and sidewalks, and polluted streams and rivers, there is ever less space for the "natural," the plants and animals that once were at home across North America. In this first book-length study of the subject, Lowell W. Adams reviews the impact of urban and suburban growth on natural plant and animal communities and reveals how, with appropriate landscape planning and urban development, cities and towns can be made more accommodating for a wide diversity of species, including our own.".
- catalog description "In this first book-length study of the subject, Adams reviews the impact of urban and suburban growth on natural plant and animal communities and reveals how, with appropriate landscape planning and urban development, cities and towns can be made more accommodating for a wide diversity of species, including our own.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-173) and index.".
- catalog description "Soils and ground surface, air, water, and noise pollution, space and demographics are among the urban characteristics Adams considers in relation to wildlife. He describes changes in the composition and structure of vegetation, as native species are replaced by exotic ones, and shows how, with spreading urbanization of natural habitats, the diversity of species of plants and animals almost always declines, although the density of a few species increases. Adams contends, however, that it is possible for a wide variety of species to coexist in the metropolitan environment, and he cites a growing interest in the practice of "natural landscaping," which emphasizes the use of native species and considers the structure, pattern, and species composition of vegetation as it relates to wildlife needs.".
- catalog description "Urban habitats vary from small city parks in densely built downtowns to suburbs with large yards and considerable open space. Adams discusses the opportunities these areas--along with school yards, hospital grounds, cemeteries, individual residences, and vacant lots--provide for judicious wildlife management and for the salutary interaction of people with nature.".
- catalog description "Wildlife encounters of the urban kind -- Ecological processes -- The metropolitan setting -- Soils and plant communities -- Animal populations and communities -- Habitat patterns in the landscape -- Aspects of wildlife management -- Managing urban habitats for wildlife -- Managing animals that become pests -- Looking to the future.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 186 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0816622124 (hc : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0816622132 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Wildlife habitats ; v. 3".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,".
- catalog subject "333.95/16/091732 20".
- catalog subject "Nature conservation.".
- catalog subject "QH541.5.C6 A52 1994".
- catalog subject "Urban ecology (Biology)".
- catalog subject "Urban wildlife management.".
- catalog subject "Wildlife management.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Wildlife encounters of the urban kind -- Ecological processes -- The metropolitan setting -- Soils and plant communities -- Animal populations and communities -- Habitat patterns in the landscape -- Aspects of wildlife management -- Managing urban habitats for wildlife -- Managing animals that become pests -- Looking to the future.".
- catalog title "Urban wildlife habitats : a landscape perspective / Lowell W. Adams.".
- catalog type "text".