Avian Ecology and Conservation in an Urbanizing World

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
A historical perspective on urban bird research: trends, terms, and approaches....Pages 1-17
Worldwide urbanization and its effects on birds....Pages 19-47
Synanthropic birds of North America....Pages 49-67
Human perception and appreciation of birds: A motivation for wildlife conservation in urban environments of France....Pages 69-88
Quantifying the urban gradient: Linking urban planning and ecology....Pages 89-115
Urbanization,avian communities,and landscape ecology....Pages 117-137
The importance of multi-scale analyses in avian habitat selection studies in urban environments....Pages 139-154
Urban birds: population, community, and landscape approaches....Pages 155-177
Interactions among non-native plants and birds....Pages 179-223
Urban sprawl and juniper encroachment effects on abundance of wintering passerines in Oklahoma....Pages 225-242
Nest predator abundance and urbanization....Pages 243-258
Bird tolerance to human disturbance in urban parks of Madrid (Spain): Management implications....Pages 259-273
Settlement of breeding European Starlings in urban areas: Importance of lawns vs. anthropogenic wastes....Pages 275-287
Variation in the timing of breeding between suburban and wildland Florida Scrub-Jays: Do physiologic measures reflect different environments?....Pages 289-306
The ecology of Western Gulls in habitats varying in degree of urban influence....Pages 307-329
Causes and consequences of expanding American Crow populations....Pages 331-363
Demographic and behavioral comparisons of suburban and rural American Crows....Pages 365-381
Nest success and the timing of nest failure of Florida Scrub-Jays in suburban and wildland habitats....Pages 383-402
Synurbanization of the magpie in the Palearctic....Pages 403-425
Macaw abundance in relation to human population density in the western amazon basin....Pages 427-437
Waterbird production in an urban center in Alaska....Pages 439-458
Creating a homogeneous avifauna....Pages 459-486
Avian community characteristics of urban greenspaces in St. Louis, Missouri....Pages 487-507
The importance of the Chicago region and the “Chicago Wilderness” initiative for avian conservation....Pages 509-522
Do temporal trends in Christmas Bird Counts reflect the spatial trends of urbanization in southwest Ohio?....Pages 523-541
Survey techniques and habitat relationships of breeding birds in residential areas of Toronto, Canada....Pages 543-568
Integrating avian ecology into emerging paradigms in urban ecology....Pages 569-578
Back Matter....Pages 579-585