Avian Ecology and Conservation in an Urbanizing World

Chapter 1 A historical perspective on urban bird research: trends, terms, and approaches

Chapter 2 Worldwide urbanization and its effects on birds

Chapter 3 Synanthropic birds of North America

Chapter 4 Human perception and appreciation of birds: A motivation for wildlife conservation in urban environments of France

Chapter 5 Quantifying the urban gradient: Linking urban planning and ecology

Chapter 6 Urbanization,avian communities,and landscape ecology

Chapter 7 The importance of multi-scale analyses in avian habitat selection studies in urban environments

Chapter 8 Urban birds: population, community, and landscape approaches

Chapter 9 Interactions among non-native plants and birds

Chapter 10 Urban sprawl and juniper encroachment effects on abundance of wintering passerines in Oklahoma

Chapter 11 Nest predator abundance and urbanization

Chapter 12 Bird tolerance to human disturbance in urban parks of Madrid (Spain): Management implications

Chapter 13 Settlement of breeding European Starlings in urban areas: Importance of lawns vs. anthropogenic wastes

Chapter 14 Variation in the timing of breeding between suburban and wildland Florida Scrub-Jays: Do physiologic measures reflect different environments?

Chapter 15 The ecology of Western Gulls in habitats varying in degree of urban influence

Chapter 16 Causes and consequences of expanding American Crow populations

Chapter 17 Demographic and behavioral comparisons of suburban and rural American Crows

Chapter 18 Nest success and the timing of nest failure of Florida Scrub-Jays in suburban and wildland habitats

Chapter 19 Synurbanization of the magpie in the Palearctic

Chapter 20 Macaw abundance in relation to human population density in the western amazon basin

Chapter 21 Waterbird production in an urban center in Alaska

Chapter 22 Creating a homogeneous avifauna

Chapter 23 Avian community characteristics of urban greenspaces in St. Louis, Missouri

Chapter 24 The importance of the Chicago region and the “Chicago Wilderness” initiative for avian conservation

Chapter 25 Do temporal trends in Christmas Bird Counts reflect the spatial trends of urbanization in southwest Ohio?

Chapter 26 Survey techniques and habitat relationships of breeding birds in residential areas of Toronto, Canada

Chapter 27 Integrating avian ecology into emerging paradigms in urban ecology