Many suburban gardens are recognised as being rich in wildlife. Published accounts of their natural history, however, are largely antecdotal with little quantitative basis. This is therefore a unique documentation of the wildlife that existed in the author's Leicestershire garden over a fifteen year period between 1972 and 1986. In total, the diversity, abundance and yearly fluctuations of 1757 species of animal and 422 species of plant were recorded. After an introduction to urban wildlife, gardens and the natural history of Leicestershire, the author describes her garden and the techniques employed for trapping, collection and recording of the species. In discussion of the results from this fifteen year study, the author views the suburban garden as an ecological habitat. One of the most important conclusions reached by Dr Owen is that with increasing despoliation of the countryside, gardens will have considerable significance for conservation. This is an essential book for any professional or amateur ecologist interested in the ecological communities that exist within the suburban garden.
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..".This book is in the grand tradition of british scientific natural history...The great strengths of the book lie in its thorough documentation of the garden's nonhu man inhabitants, and Owen's infectious enthusiasm for finding out about them..." The Quarterly Review of Biology
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This is a unique account of the wildlife that existed in the author's Leicestershire garden over a fifteen year period between 1972 and 1986. After an introduction to urban wildlife, gardens and the natural history of Leicestershire, the author describes her garden and the techniques employed for trapping, collection and recording of the species.
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British Isles, North America, April May June July Aug, Charnwood Forest, New York, Commonest Commonest, World War, City Wildlife Project, Leicestershire Museums, South America, West African, British Museum, Monks Wood, Buckingham Palace, Flora of Leicestershire, Frank Lutz, Henry Townes, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Leicester Foxwatch, North Africa, River Soar, South Africa, Vander Linden, British Hymenoptera, Midland England New!
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British Isles, North America, April May June July Aug, Charnwood Forest, New York, Commonest Commonest, World War, City Wildlife Project, Leicestershire Museums, South America, West African, British Museum, Monks Wood, Buckingham Palace, Flora of Leicestershire, Frank Lutz, Henry Townes, Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Leicester Foxwatch, North Africa, River Soar, South Africa, Vander Linden, British Hymenoptera, Midland England New!
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- Wildlife Conservation Evaluation by Michael Usher in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Field guide by Terry Collins in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Animal Ecology (Project Ecology) by Mark Lambert in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Natural History (Bibliographies on the History of Science and Technology Series) by Ronald Wilkinson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Annual Review of Entomology: 2000 by Thomas E. Mittler in Back Matter
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- Practical Science for Gardeners by Mary Pratt on page 93, and Back Matter
- The Dynamic Landscape: Design, Ecology and Management of Naturalistic Urban Planting by Nigel Dunnett on page 22, and page 183
- Urban Nature Conservation: Landscape Management in the Urban Countryside by Stephen Forbes in Back Matter
- The Natural History of a Garden by C. R. W. Spedding in Back Matter
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