This book provides syntheses of ecological theories and overarching patterns of urban bird ecology that have only recently become available. The numerous habita
Now that more than half of the world’s population lives in cities, the study of birds in urban ecosystems has emerged at the forefront of ornithological resea
One of the most striking and persistent ways humans dominate Earth is by changing land-cover as we settle a region. Much of our ecological understanding about t
Raptors are an unusual success story of wildness thriving in the heart of our cities—they have developed substantial populations around the world in recent de
This edited volume adopts an evolutionary framework to explore how pre-existing differences in life history, behaviour, and physiology of birds may determine th