Avian ecology and conservation in an urbanizing world edited by John Marzluff, Reed Bowman, Roarke Donnelly.

Includes bibliographical references.

Machine generated contents note: SECTION 1. Introduction to the Study of Birds in Urban Environments -- 1. A historical perspective on urban bird research: trends, terms, and -- approaches -- John M. Marzluff, Reed Bowman, and Roarke Donnelly 1 -- 2. Worldwide urbanization and its effects on birds -- John M M arzluff 19 -- 3. Synanthropic birds of North America -- Richard F. Johnston49 -- 4. Human perception and appreciation of birds: A motivation for -- wildlife conservation in urban environments of France -- Philippe Clergeau, Gwenaelle Mennechez, Andre Sauvage, and Agnes -- Lemoine69 -- 5. Quantifying the urban gradient: linking urban planning and ecology -- Marina Alberti, Erik Botsford, and Alex Cohen89 -- 6. Urbanization, avian communities, and landscape ecology -- James R. Miller, Jennifer M. Fraterrigo, N. Thompson Hobbs, David M. -- Theobald, and John A. W iens117 -- 7. The importance of multi-scale analyses in avian habitat selection -- studies in urban environments -- M ark H ostetler139 -- ELCTION 2. Processes Affecting Birds in Urban Environments -- Urban birds: Population, community, and landscape approaches -- D ouglas B olger155 -- Interactions among non-native plants and birds -- Sarah Hayden Reichard, Linda Chalker-Scott, and -- Solai Buchanan179 -- 10. Urban sprawl and juniper encroachment effects on abundance of -- wintering passerines in Oklahoma -- Bryan R. Coppedge, David M. Engle, Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, Ronald E. -- M asters, and M ark S. Gregory225 -- 11. Nest predator abundance and urbanization -- David G. Haskell, A. M. Knupp, and M. C. Schneider243 -- 12. Bird tolerance to human disturbance in urban parks of Madrid -- (Spain): Management implications -- Esteban Fernandez-Juricic, Maria Dolores Jiminez, and Elena Lucas 259 -- 13. Settlement of breeding European Starlings in urban areas: -- importance of lawns vs. anthropogenic wastes -- Gwenaelle Mennechez and Philippe Clergeau275 -- 14. Variation in the timing of breeding between suburban and wildland -- Florida Scrub-Jays: Do physiologic measures reflect different -- environments? -- Stephan J. Schoech and Reed Bowman289 -- SECTION 3. Bird Populations in Urban Environments -- 15. The ecology of Western Gulls in habitats varying in degree of urban -- influence -- Raymond Pierotti and Cynthia Annett 307 -- 16. Causes and consequences of expanding American Crow populations -- John M. Marzluff, Kevin J. McGowan, Roarke Donnelly, and Richard L. -- K n ight331 -- 17. Demographic and behavioral comparisons of suburban and rural -- American Crows -- K evin M cG ow an365 -- 18. Nest success and the timing of nest failure of Florida Scrub-Jays in -- suburban and wildland habitats -- Reed Bowman and Glen E. W oolfenden383 -- 19. Synurbanization of the Magpie in the Palearctic -- Leszek Jerzak403 -- 20. Macaw abundance in relation to human population density in the -- western Amazon basin / -- Daniel M. Brooks and Alfredo J. Begazo427 -- 21. Waterbird production in an urban center in Alaska -- M ichael R. North439 -- SECTION 4. Bird Communities in Urban Environments -- 22. Creating a homogeneous avifauna -- R obert B B lair 459 -- 23. Avian community characteristics of urban greenspaces in St. Louis, -- Missouri -- Jeffrey M. Azerrad and Charles H. Nilon487 -- 24. The importance of the Chicago region and the "Chicago -- Wilderness" initiative for avian conservation -- Jeffrey D. Brawn and Douglas F. Stotz509 -- 25. Do temporal trends in Christmas Bird Counts reflect the spatial -- trends of urbanization in southwestern Ohio? -- Nancy A. Crosby and Robert B. Blair523 -- 26. Survey techniques and habitat relationships of breeding birds in -- residential areas of Toronto, Canada -- Jean-Pierre L. Savard and J. Bruce Falls543 -- SECTION 5. SYNTHESIS -- 27. Integrating avian ecology into emerging paradigms in urban ecology -- Reed Bowman and John M Marzluff 569.