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"Animals are increasingly recognized as fit and proper subjects for historians, yet their place in conventional historical narratives remains contested. This volume argues for a history of animals based on the centrality of liminality - the state of being on the threshold, not quite one thing yet not quite another. Since animals stand between nature and culture, wildness and domestication, the countryside and the city, and tradition and modernity, the concept of liminality has a special resonance for historical animal studies."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

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Entomology --- Insect pests --- Urban fauna --- Congresses --- Control --- -Insect pests --- -Urban animals --- -City animals --- City fauna --- Urban wildlife --- Animals --- Destructive insects --- Economic entomology --- Entomology, Economic --- Injurious insects --- Insects, Injurious and beneficial --- Arthropod pests --- Insects --- Veterinary entomology --- Zoology --- -Congresses --- Urban animals --- Congresses. --- City animals --- Control&delete&

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The Anthropocene is the “age of human influence”, an epoch well known for its urban impact. More than half of all people already live in cities, and this proportion is expected to rise to almost 70 percent by 2050. Like other species in urban areas, bats must contend with the pressures of profound and irreversible land cover change and overcome certain unique challenges, such as the high density of roads, lights, glass, and free-ranging domestic animals. Research on urban bats in recent decades indicates that when it comes to urban life, some bats are synanthropes. In other words, although most species of bats are negatively impacted by urbanisation, many appear to not only succeed, but also thrive in cities and towns. This observation has inspired interesting questions about bats in relation to urbanisation. Which traits and behaviours equip bats for urban success? What features of urban areas increase the likelihood that bats will successfully persist there or even colonize new areas? And how does the success of urban bats affect co-habiting humans? Our book explores the interactions between bats and urban environments through case studies and reviews. Understanding how different species interact with urban environments can reveal potential opportunities to mitigate urban threats to bats and threats posed by bats to other urban organisms, including humans. With this book, we thus aspire to provide a knowledge base to help guide current and future efforts to conserve bats.

Bats --- Urban animals --- בעלי חיים עירוניים --- City animals --- City fauna --- Urban fauna --- Urban wildlife --- Animals --- עטלפים --- Cheiroptera --- Chiroptera --- Chiropterans --- Mammals --- Urban ecology (Biology). --- Population biology. --- Vertebrates. --- Conservation biology. --- Ecology. --- Evolutionary genetics. --- Urban Ecology. --- Population Dynamics. --- Vertebrate Zoology. --- Conservation Biology. --- Evolutionary Genetics. --- Genetic evolution --- Evolution (Biology) --- Genetics --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Ecology --- Nature conservation --- Vertebrata --- Chordata --- Cities and towns --- City ecology (Biology) --- Environmental aspects --- Bats. --- Urban animals. --- Ratapinyades --- Fauna urbana

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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 decades. But there are deeper issues around how these birds make their urban homes. New research provides insight into the role of raptors as vital members of the urban ecosystem and future opportunities for protection, management, and environmental education. A cutting-edge synthesis of over two decades of scientific research, Urban Raptors is the first book to offer a complete overview of urban ecosystems in the context of bird-of-prey ecology and conservation. This comprehensive volume examines urban environments, explains why some species adapt to urban areas but others do not, and introduces modern research tools to help in the study of urban raptors. It also delves into climate change adaptation, human-wildlife conflict, and the unique risks birds of prey face in urban areas before concluding with real-world wildlife management case studies and suggestions for future research and conservation efforts. Boal and Dykstra have compiled the go-to single source of information on urban birds of prey. Among researchers, urban green space planners, wildlife management agencies, birders, and informed citizens alike, Urban Raptors will foster a greater understanding of birds of prey and an increased willingness to accommodate them as important members, not intruders, of our cities.

General ecology and biosociology --- Animal ethology and ecology. Sociobiology --- Pedology --- Environmental planning --- Economic geography --- dierenecologie --- ruimtelijke ordening --- ecologie --- geografie --- ecosystemen --- klimaatverandering --- Urban ecology (Biology). --- Regional planning. --- Urban planning. --- Animal ecology. --- Ecosystems. --- Ecology . --- Urban Ecology. --- Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning. --- Animal Ecology. --- Terrestial Ecology. --- Balance of nature --- Biology --- Bionomics --- Ecological processes --- Ecological science --- Ecological sciences --- Environment --- Environmental biology --- Oecology --- Environmental sciences --- Population biology --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Ecology --- Animals --- Zoology --- Cities and towns --- City planning --- Civic planning --- Land use, Urban --- Model cities --- Redevelopment, Urban --- Slum clearance --- Town planning --- Urban design --- Urban development --- Urban planning --- Land use --- Planning --- Art, Municipal --- Civic improvement --- Regional planning --- Urban policy --- Urban renewal --- Regional development --- State planning --- Human settlements --- Landscape protection --- City ecology (Biology) --- Government policy --- Management --- Environmental aspects --- North America. --- Turtle Island --- Birds of prey --- Urban animals --- Urban ecology (Biology) --- Birds --- City animals --- City fauna --- Urban fauna --- Urban wildlife --- Aves --- Avian fauna --- Avifauna --- Wild birds --- Amniotes --- Vertebrates --- Ornithology --- Predatory birds --- Prey, Birds of --- Raptores --- Raptorial birds --- Raptors --- Predatory animals --- Conservation