Urban Biodiversity
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-9991-7 (ISBN)
With large-scale, global declines in many species of plants and animals and other disruptions such as climate change and urbanization, we must learn how humans and other species can coexist with one another. In a case study of urban biodiversity, Erik Kiviat and Kristi MacDonald present two decades of data and assessment of the habitats and biota of the New Jersey Meadowlands. Urban Biodiversity: The Natural History of New Jersey Meadowlands documents the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, butterflies, bees, dragonflies, seed plants, mosses, and lichens of the Meadowlands region and the patterns of their occurrence. The work records the natural history of an urban-industrial region, helping decision makers foster the biodiversity that thrives in cities and giving planners tools to reduce the biological degradation that occurs with urbanization.
Erik Kiviat is executive director of Hudsonia, a nonprofit institute for scientific research and education based in Annandale, New York. Kristi MacDonald is director of science at Raritan Headwaters, a nonprofit conservation organization based in Bedminster, New Jersey.
Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Environmental Setting of the Meadowlands
Chapter 2: Habitats: Marshes, Ponds, and Channels
Chapter 3: Uplands and Forested Wetlands
Chapter 4: Seed Plants
Chapter 5: Cryptogams
Chapter 6: Mammals
Chapter 7: Birds
Chapter 8: Reptiles and Amphibians
Chapter 9: Fishes of the Meadowlands and Adjacent Waters
Robert E. Schmidt
Chapter 10: Invertebrates
Conclusion
Appendix 1. List of Seed Plants of the Meadowlands
Appendix 2. List of Birds of the Meadowlands
References
Erscheinungsdatum | 21.07.2022 |
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Co-Autor | Robert E. Schmidt |
Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 160 x 228 mm |
Gewicht | 798 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4985-9991-5 / 1498599915 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-9991-7 / 9781498599917 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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