Urban Ecology Resources
Urban ecology is a relatively new discipline, but it has already generated books, specialized journals where research in the field can be reported, and several organizations devoted to the field. The following is a very short list of publications and web sites where more information about urban ecology can be found:
BOOKS
- Adams, C.E. and K.J Lindsey 2009. Urban Wildlife Management, 2nd ed. CRC Press, Boca Raton.
- Alberti, M. 2008. Advances in Urban Ecology: Integrating Humans and Ecological Processes in Urban Ecosystems. Springer, Amsterdam.
- Carreiro, M.M., Y. Song and J. Wu (eds.) 2007. Ecology, Planning, and Management of Urban Forests: International Perspective. Springer, Amsterdam.
- Douglas, I., D. Goode, M. Houck and R. Wang 2011. The Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology. Routledge, New York.
- Gaston, K.J. (ed.) 2010. Urban Ecology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Gehrt, S.D., Riley, S.P.D, and Cypher, B.L. (eds.) 2010. Urban Carnivores: Ecology, Conflict, and Conservation. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- Mitchell, J.C., R. E. Jung Brown, B. Bartholomew (eds.) Urban Herpetology. Society for the Study of Amphibians & Reptiles, Salt Lake City.
- Niemela, J., J. H. Breuste , G.Guntenspergen, N. E. McIntyre, T. Elmqvist, P. James 2011. Urban Ecology: Patterns, Processes, and Applications. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
- Shulenberger, E., W. Endlicher, M. Alberti, G. Bradley, C. Ryan, C. ZumBrunnen, U. Simon, and J. Marzluff (eds.) 2008. Urban Ecology: An International Perspective on the Interaction Between Humans and Nature. Springer, Amsterdam.
- Werner, N. and J.G. Kelcey 2010. Urban Biodiversity and Design. John Wiley & Sons, Oxford.
JOURNALS
- Urban Ecosystems
- Urban Habitats: An Electronic Journal on the Biology of Urban Habitat Areas around the World
ORGANIZATIONS
- Center for Urban Ecology & Sustainability, Butler University
- CUES Center for Urban Ecology and Sustainability – University of Minnesota
- ERF: A Suburban Ecology Field Station - University of Kentucky
- Hixon Center for Urban Ecology – Yale University
- National Park Service, Natural Resources & Science
- Nurture New York's Nature
- Urban Ecology Research Laboratory, University of Washington