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Urban Habitats (Habitat Guides) [Paperback]

C. Philip Wheater (Author)

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0415162653 978-0415162654 June 23, 1999 Ill
The author presents an illustrated and practical guide to the wide range of urban habitats and the flora and fauna that live within them. The important conservation and management issues presently being faced within our towns and cities are examined.
Topics of concern to the conservationalist or habitat manager are explored, including:
* the impact and monitoring of pollution
* the effects of invasive species
* guidelines for the ecological management of sites to enhance their nature conservation value.
Urban Habitats is richly illustrated, features up-to-date references and data, and proposes a series of projects.

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'This book is an excellent guide to the flora and fauna inhabiting urban habitats and the kinds of practical management they require...The author has produced a book which has filled a much needed gap and is thus to be congratulated.' - Glasgow Naturalist --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Urban habitats sometimes conjure up images of disused canals filled with old prams and shopping trolleys, or derelict building plots gradually accumulating a cover of vegetation amongst a mass of fly-tipped refused. Read the first page
Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rosebay willowherb, urban greenspaces, nature conservation value, giant hogweed, goat willow, urban foxes, urban habitats, feral pigeons, ecology park, common nettles, common gulls, ship rat, eutrophic waters, tufted ducks, refuse tips, road verges, common rat, urban wildlife, waste tips, habitat creation
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Species Box, Department of the Environment, Cardiff Bay, Greater Manchester, Colour Plate, Forge Mill Lake, Mersey Forest, River Tame, Severn Estuary, North Sea, River Don
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