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

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

Cylita, Guy

Sommaire
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.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2021

Description matérielle
100 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Terme de vedette-matière
Urban ecology (Biology).
 
Urban animals.

Vedette secondaire auteur
Li, Cornelia,

Résumé
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.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9781773215389
 
9781773215396

Informations de publication
Toronto : Annick Press, 2021.
 
©2021


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