Sex in City Plants, Animals, Fungi, and More : : A Guide to Reproductive Diversity / / Kenneth D. Frank.
Cities pose formidable obstacles to nonhuman life. Vast expanses of asphalt and concrete are inhospitable to plants and animals; traffic noise and artificial light disturb natural rhythms; sewage and pollutants imperil existence. Yet cities teem with life: In rowhouse neighborhoods, tiny flowers blo...
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Frank, Kenneth D., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Sex in City Plants, Animals, Fungi, and More : A Guide to Reproductive Diversity / Kenneth D. Frank. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2022] ©2022 1 online resource : 258 color figures text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Nonflowering Plants -- 2 Herbaceous Annual Plants -- 3 Herbaceous Perennial Plants -- 4 Trees and Woody Vines -- 5 Butterflies and Moths -- 6 Bees, Wasps, and Ants -- 7 Dragonflies and Praying Mantises -- 8 Other Insects -- 9 Invertebrates Exclusive of Insects -- 10 Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish -- 11 Mammals -- 12 Birds -- 13 Fungi, Bacteria, and Lichens -- CONCLUSION -- Glossary -- Notes -- Photo Credits -- INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Cities pose formidable obstacles to nonhuman life. Vast expanses of asphalt and concrete are inhospitable to plants and animals; traffic noise and artificial light disturb natural rhythms; sewage and pollutants imperil existence. Yet cities teem with life: In rowhouse neighborhoods, tiny flowers bloom from cracks in the sidewalk. White clover covers lawns, its seeds dispersed by shoes and birds. Moths flutter and spiders weave their webs near electric lights. Sparrows and squirrels feast on the scraps people leave behind. Pairs of red-tailed hawks nest on window ledges. How do wild plants and animals in urban areas find mates? How do they navigate the patchwork of habitats to reproduce while avoiding inbreeding? In what ways do built environments enable or inhibit mating?This book explores the natural history of sex in urban bacteria, fungi, plants, and nonhuman animals. Kenneth D. Frank illuminates the reproductive behavior of scores of species. He examines topics such as breeding systems, sex determination, sex change, sexual conflict, sexual trauma, sexually transmitted disease, sexual mimicry, sexual cannibalism, aphrodisiacs, and lost sex. Frank offers a guide to urban reproductive diversity across a range of conditions, showing how understanding of sex and mating furthers the appreciation of biodiversity. He presents reproductive diversity as elegant but vulnerable, underscoring the consequences of human activity. Featuring compelling photographs of a multitude of life forms in their city habitats, this book provides a new lens on urban natural history. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Biodiversity. Insects Sexual behavior. Plants, Sex in. Sex (Biology). Sexual behavior in animals. Urban ecology (Biology). NATURE / Plants / General. bisacsh Silvertown, Jonathan, contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 9783110749663 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English 9783110993899 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 9783110994810 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Medicine and Life Sciences 2022 English 9783110993196 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Medicine and Life Sciences 2022 9783110993134 ZDB-23-DPM https://doi.org/10.7312/fran20606 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780231556309 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780231556309/original |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Nonflowering Plants -- 2 Herbaceous Annual Plants -- 3 Herbaceous Perennial Plants -- 4 Trees and Woody Vines -- 5 Butterflies and Moths -- 6 Bees, Wasps, and Ants -- 7 Dragonflies and Praying Mantises -- 8 Other Insects -- 9 Invertebrates Exclusive of Insects -- 10 Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish -- 11 Mammals -- 12 Birds -- 13 Fungi, Bacteria, and Lichens -- CONCLUSION -- Glossary -- Notes -- Photo Credits -- INDEX |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Nonflowering Plants -- 2 Herbaceous Annual Plants -- 3 Herbaceous Perennial Plants -- 4 Trees and Woody Vines -- 5 Butterflies and Moths -- 6 Bees, Wasps, and Ants -- 7 Dragonflies and Praying Mantises -- 8 Other Insects -- 9 Invertebrates Exclusive of Insects -- 10 Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish -- 11 Mammals -- 12 Birds -- 13 Fungi, Bacteria, and Lichens -- CONCLUSION -- Glossary -- Notes -- Photo Credits -- INDEX |
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