Nature All Around Us: A Guide to Urban Ecology

by Luc-Alain Giraldeau, Beatrix Beisner, Christian Messier

It's easy to stand in awe of a city's impressive skyline, marveling at its buildings reaching for the clouds and its vast network of roadways and train lines crisscrossing in every direction. It can often seem like everything in a city is man-made, all concrete, steel, and glass. But even the asphalt jungle is not all asphalt--a sidewalk's cracks are filled with nature, if we know where and how to look. To aid us in this quest is Nature All Around...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226922758
• ISBN13: 9780226922751
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"