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| List of plates | |
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| List of figures | |
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| List of tables | |
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| List of species boxes | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Series introduction | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Impacts of physical factors | |
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| Ecological aspects | |
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| Colonisation and establishment | |
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| Adaptations and characteristics | |
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| Geographical influences | |
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| The Ecology of Urban Habitats | |
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| Terrestrial urban habitats | |
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| Woods, trees and parklands | |
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| Parks, gardens and allotments | |
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| Playing fields, golf courses and other grasslands | |
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| Demolition sites | |
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| Industrial wasteland, spoil heaps, quarries and mines | |
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| Refuse tips | |
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| Road verges and railways | |
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| Walls, buildings and paved areas | |
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| Churchyards and cemeteries | |
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| Aquatic urban habitats | |
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| Marshes and reedbeds | |
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| Streams, rivers and canals | |
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| Ponds, lakes and reservoirs | |
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| Sand and gravel pits | |
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| Sewage works | |
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| Coastal features | |
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| Management and Conservation | |
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| Pollution | |
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| Heavy metals and woodlands | |
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| Lichens and sulphur dioxide pollution | |
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| Freshwaters and pollution | |
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| Noxious species | |
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| Noxious plants | |
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| Noxious animals | |
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| Managing noxious species | |
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| Habitat management | |
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| Ecological guidelines | |
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| Reclamation and restoration of derelict land | |
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| Strategies for nature conservation | |
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| Urban wildlife and city people | |
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| Case Studies | |
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| Reclaiming limestone quarry faces in Derbyshire | |
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| Ecological parks in London | |
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| Habitat initiatives in Merseyside | |
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| Landlife | |
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| Sutton Mill Dam | |
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| Mersey Community Forest | |
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| The Forth and Clyde Canal in Glasgow | |
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| A stormwater retention basin in the West Midlands | |
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| Coastal habitats in Cardiff | |
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| Practical Work | |
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| Experimental design | |
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| Health and safety | |
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| Distribution of pavement plants | |
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| Flora of urban wasteland | |
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| Distribution of tar-spot fungus on sycamore trees | |
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| Colonisation of stones by invertebrate animals | |
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| Distribution of grey squirrel dreys | |
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| Vigilance behaviour in mallards | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Species List | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| References | |
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| Subject index | |
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| Species index | |