Domestic gardens provide a significant component of urban green infrastructure but their
relative contribution to eco-system service provision remains largely un-quantified.'Green …

There is an urgent need to thoroughly review and comprehend the effects of urbanization on
wildlife in order to understand both the ecological implications of increasing urbanization …

This chapter is aimed at analyzing a review of the empirical literature on some important
features of urban green spaces such as the components, functions, services, community …

In this book there are entire chapters devoted to the most widely used bird counting
techniques, and attempts to amalgamate other counting methodologies into major groups …

The global pledge to deliver 'a significant reduction in the current rate of biodiversity loss by
2010'is echoed in a number of regional and national level targets. There is broad …

Using data from selected areas in five UK cities, we studied the relationships between urban
form and the following measures of ecosystem performance: availability and patch …

In Chapter 1, we saw how it was possible to use simple methods to assess the species
composition in an area and to give an idea of their relative abundances. Here, we consider …

The human population is increasingly disconnected from nature due to urbanisation. To
counteract this phenomenon, the UK government has been actively promoting wildlife …

Abstract Domestic ('private') gardens constitute a substantial proportion of 'green space'in
urban areas and hence are of potential significance for the maintenance of biodiversity in …

Climate change is reported to have caused widespread changes to species' populations
and ecological communities. Warming has been associated with population declines in long …