Darwin comes to town : how the urban jungle drives evolution / Menno Schilthuizen.
Darwin comes to town : how the urban jungle drives evolution / Menno Schilthuizen.
Darwin comes to town : how the urban jungle drives evolution / Menno Schilthuizen.
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Publisher
New York : Picador, 2018.
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G 2018/2972
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 293 pages : illustrations 25 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
City portal -- I. City life. Nature's ultimate ecosystem engineer ; The ant(hropo)-hill ; Downtown ecology ; Urban naturalists ; City slickers ; If I can make it there -- II. Cityscapes. These are the facts ; Urban myths ; So it really is ; Town mouse, country mouse ; Poisoning pigeons in the park ;...
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Publisher
New York : Picador, 2018.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
With human populations growing, we're having an increasing impact on global ecosystems, and nowhere do these impacts overlap as much as they do in cities. "Urban ecologists" study how our manmade environments are changing the evolution of the animals and plants around us. Schilthuizen takes us around the world for an up-close look at just how stunn...
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Darwin comes to town : how the urban jungle drives evolution / Menno Schilthuizen.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-280) and index.
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©2018
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G 2018/2972
Record Identifier
74VKVo8wLKqO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVo8wLKqO
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ISBN
9781250127822 hardcover
1250127823 hardcover
DDC
577.56
MMS ID
991024169411602626
