My friend P. sent me this article regarding a recent, as yet unpublished, study that found traces of DDT and similar organochlorines in North American non-migratory songbirds. This is surprising on two levels. The first is pretty obvious: DDT has…
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Urban Ecology Resources
Books
- Novel Ecosystems
- Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast, 2nd Ed.
- Field Guide to Urban Wildlife
- Road Ecology
- The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature's Salvation
- Where Do Camels Belong? The Story and Science of Invasive Species
- Rambunctious Garden: Saving Nature in a Post-Wild World
- Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City
- Restoring Disturbed Landscapes: Putting Principles into Practice
- Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting
- Wild Urban Woodlands: New Perspectives for Urban Forestry
- Nature All Around Us: A Guide to Urban Ecology
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Literature
- Urban Naturalist (journal; I’m on editorial board)
- Endangered by Sprawl (report)
- Ibis special issue: Birds and Recreational Disturbance (open access)
- Anthropocene Magazine
- Urban Ecosystems (journal)
- Journal of Urban Ecology
Research Groups and Centers
- Urban Wildlands Group
- Urban Wildlife Working Group
- Hixon Center for Urban Ecology (Yale)
- NSF urban Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Centers:
- ---Baltimore Ecosystem Study LTER
- ---Minneapolis-St. Paul LTER
- ---Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER
- Anthroecology Lab (University of Maryland)
- Urban Ecology Research Laboratory (University of Washington)
- Anthropocene Working Group
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