- Additional Authors
- Silvertown, Jonathan W.
- Description
- 1 online resource (xxx, 175 pages) : color illustrations.
- Summary
- "City plants grow spontaneously in sidewalk cracks surrounded by buildings and streets. Small invertebrates reside in walled courtyards. How do members of apparently isolated urban populations find mates? How do they avoid inbreeding? Plants and animals that inhabit cities are often common and widespread outside of cities. A rich scientific literature illuminates their systems for mating. However, this literature is scattered, and it typically focuses on locations that are not urban. This book explores the natural history of sex, from bacteria and fungi to plants and animals, excluding human beings. It focuses on cities. It examines sex as both a state of being, as in male or female, and as a process, as in mating. Compared to other forms of biodiversity, reproductive diversity is largely hidden, yet it rivals morphological diversity in beauty and scale. This book explores sex in the city as a pathway to appreciation of biodiversity. It presents many unanswered questions and hypotheses"--
- Uniform Title
- Sex in city plants, animals, and other forms of life (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Sex in city plants, animals, and other forms of life (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Nonflowering plants -- Herbaceous annual plants -- Herbaceous perennial plants -- Trees and woody vines -- Butterflies and moths -- Bees, wasps, and ants -- Dragonflies and praying mantises -- Other insects -- Invertebrates exclusive of insects -- Reptiles, amphibians, and fish -- Mammals -- Birds -- Fungi, bacteria, and lichens.
- LCCN
- 2021044525
- OCLC
- ssj0002588764
- Author
Frank, Kenneth D.
- Title
Sex in city plants, animals, and other forms of life [electronic resource] : a guide to urban reproductive diversity / Kenneth D. Frank ; foreword by Jonathan Silvertown.
- Imprint
New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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- Added Author
Silvertown, Jonathan W.