Urban Biodiversity

The Natural History of the New Jersey Meadowlands

ERIK KIVIAT, Kristi MacDonald (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

460 Seiten

2022
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-9991-7 (ISBN)

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Kiviat and MacDonald delve into the considerable biodiversity of an ecologically battered urban-industrial region, addressing wild species from lichens to mammals. The results will help decision makers foster wildlife and plants that can cope with urban conditions and will aid in reducing loss of biodiversity in urbanizing areas.

In a case study of urban biodiversity, Erik Kiviat and Kristi MacDonald present two decades of data and assessment of the habitats and biota of the Meadowlands. Urban Biodiversity: The Natural History of the New Jersey Meadowlands documents the mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, butterflies, bees, dragonflies, seed plants, mosses, and lichens of the Meadowlands region and their patterns of occurrence. The work records the natural history of an urban-industrial region, helping decision- makers foster the biodiversity that thrives in cities and giving planners tools to reduce the biological degradation that occurs with urbanization.
For more info, please visit this link: https://www.hudsonia.org/nj-meadowlands

Erik Kiviat is executive director of Hudsonia, a nonprofit institute for scientific research and education based in Annandale, New York. Kristi MacDonald is director of science at Raritan Headwaters, a nonprofit conservation organization in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Table of Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Environmental Setting of the Meadowlands
Chapter 2: Habitats: Marshes, Ponds, and Channels
Chapter 3: Uplands and Forested Wetlands
Chapter 4: Seed Plants
Chapter 5: Cryptogams
Chapter 6: Mammals
Chapter 7: Birds
Chapter 8: Reptiles and Amphibians
Chapter 9: Fishes of the Meadowlands and Adjacent Waters
Robert E. Schmidt
Chapter 10: Invertebrates
Conclusion
Appendix 1. List of Seed Plants of the Meadowlands
Appendix 2. List of Birds of the Meadowlands
References

Erscheinungsdatum	21.07.2022
Co-Autor	ERIK KIVIAT, Robert E. Schmidt, Kristi MacDonald
Zusatzinfo	34 b/w illustrations; 11 tables
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 228 mm
Gewicht	798 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10	1-4985-9991-5 / 1498599915
ISBN-13	978-1-4985-9991-7 / 9781498599917
Zustand	Neuware