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• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• 1 Urban ecosystems and the science of ecology
• 1.1 Engineered ecosystems
• 1.2 Urban habitats
• 1.3 Urban organisms
• 1.4 The science of ecology
• 1.5 What makes urban ecosystems different?
• 1.6 The goals of urban ecology
• 1.7 Questions and readings
• 2 Urban accounting: metabolism, energy, and the ecological footprint
• 2.1 The urban metabolism
• 2.2 Urban energy budgets
• 2.3 The urban ecological footprint
• 2.4 Comparison with other social organisms
• 2.5 Questions and readings
• 3 Urban ecosystem processes
• 3.1 Urban climate
• 3.2 The urban water cycle
• 3.3 Urban nutrient dynamics
• 3.4 Urban ecological amplification and its consequences
• 3.5 Questions and readings
• 4 The ecology of urban organisms
• 4.1 Urban biodiversity
• 4.2 Invasive species and biotic homogenization
• 4.3 Species interactions in urban environments
• 4.4 Urban infectious diseases
• 4.5 Traits of urban organisms
• 4.6 Urban evolution
• 4.7 Questions and readings
• 5 Implications of urban ecology
• 5.1 Human health and disease
• 5.2 Ecological principles and urban policy
• 5.3 Cities and the future
• 5.4 Questions and readings
• Glossary
• References
• Index of organisms
• Subject index