tailieunhanh - ADVANCES IN URBAN ECOLOGY

Natural and social scientists face a great challenge in the coming decades: to understand the role that humans play in ecosystems, particularly urban ecosystems. Cities and urbanizing regions are complex coupled humannatural systems in which people are the dominant agents. As humans transform natural landscapes into highly human-dominated environments, they create a new set of ecological conditions by changing ecosystem processes and dynamics. | ADVANCES IN URBAN ECOLOGY ADVANCES IN URBAN ECOLOGY Integrating Humans and Ecological Processes in Urban Ecosystems by Marina Alberti University of Washington Seattle Washington USA Springer Marina Alberti University of Washington Seattle Washington USA Cover Design Eric Knapstein ADVANCES IN URBAN ECOLOGY Integrating Humans and Ecological Processes in Urban Ecosystems Library of Congress Control Number 2007936241 ISBN-13 978-0-387-75509-0 e-ISBN-13 978-0-387-75510-6 Printed on acid-free paper. 2008 Springer Science Business Media LLC All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher Springer Science Business Media LLC 233 Spring Street New York NY 10013 USA except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval electronic adaptation computer software or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names trademarks service marks and similar terms even if they are not identified as such is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 .