Chasing bats and tracking rats : urban ecology, community science, and how we share our cities

Title
Chasing bats and tracking rats : urban ecology, community science, and how we share our cities

Personal Author EPSB
Cylita, Guy

Summary
What can city bees tell us about climate change? How are we changing coyote behavior? And what the heck is a science bike? Featuring the work of a diverse group of eleven scientists--herself included!--Dr. Cylita Guy shows how studying urban wildlife can help us make cities around the world healthier for all of their inhabitants. In the process, Guy reveals how social injustices like racism can affect not only how scientists study city wildlife, but also where urban critters are likelier to thrive.

Year Published
2021

Physical Description
100 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Subject
Urban ecology (Biology).
 
Urban animals.

Added Author
Li, Cornelia,

Summary
What can city bees tell us about climate change? How are we changing coyote behavior? And what the heck is a science bike? Featuring the work of a diverse group of eleven scientists--herself included!--Dr. Cylita Guy shows how studying urban wildlife can help us make cities around the world healthier for all of their inhabitants. In the process, Guy reveals how social injustices like racism can affect not only how scientists study city wildlife, but also where urban critters are likelier to thrive.

ISBN
9781773215389
 
9781773215396

Publisher
Toronto : Annick Press, 2021.
 
©2021


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