Darwin comes to town how the urban jungle drives evolution
"Menno Schilthuizen is one of a growing number of "urban ecologists" studying how our manmade environments are accelerating and changing the evolution of the animals and plants around us. In Darwin Comes to Town, he takes us around the world for an up-close look at just how stunningly flexible and s...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Picador,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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Table of 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 ; Bright lights, big city ; But is it really evolution?
- III. City encounters. Close urban encounters ; Self-domestication ; Songs of the city ; Sex and the city ; Turdus urbanicus
- IV. Darwin city. Evolution in a telecoupled world ; Design it with Darwin
- Outskirt.
