Urban Habitats (Habitat Guides)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of plates......Page 8
List of figures......Page 9
List of tables......Page 10
List of species boxes......Page 11
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Series introduction......Page 13
INTRODUCTION......Page 16
Impacts of physical factors......Page 19
Ecological aspects......Page 21
Adaptations and characteristics......Page 22
Geographical influences......Page 25
THE ECOLOGY OF URBAN HABITATS......Page 28
Parks, gardens and allotments......Page 34
Playing fields, golf courses and other grasslands......Page 43
Demolition sites......Page 48
Industrial wasteland, spoil heaps, quarries and mines......Page 53
Refuse tips......Page 57
Road verges and railways......Page 61
Walls, buildings and paved areas......Page 66
Churchyards and cemeteries......Page 77
Aquatic urban habitats......Page 78
Marshes and reedbeds......Page 79
Streams, rivers and canals......Page 81
Ponds, lakes and reservoirs......Page 85
Sand and gravel pits......Page 89
Sewage works......Page 90
Coastal features......Page 91
MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION......Page 97
Lichens and sulphur dioxide pollution......Page 99
Freshwaters and pollution......Page 102
Noxious species......Page 105
Noxious animals......Page 111
Habitat management......Page 118
Reclamation and restoration of derelict land......Page 122
Strategies for nature conservation......Page 125
Urban wildlife and city people......Page 127
CASE STUDIES......Page 130
Ecological parks in London......Page 133
Habitat initiatives in Merseyside......Page 136
Sutton Mill Dam......Page 137
Mersey Community Forest......Page 139
The Forth and Clyde Canal in Glasgow......Page 140
A stormwater retention basin in the West Midlands......Page 144
Coastal habitats in Cardiff......Page 146
PRACTICAL WORK......Page 149
Health and safety......Page 150
Distribution of pavement plants......Page 151
Flora of urban wasteland......Page 152
Distribution of tar-spot fungus on sycamore trees......Page 155
Colonisation of stones by invertebrate animals......Page 157
Distribution of grey squirrel dreys......Page 159
Vigilance behaviour in mallards......Page 163
Glossary......Page 166
Species List......Page 169
Further Reading......Page 182
References......Page 185
Subject index......Page 196
Species index......Page 200