Foreword ix Preface xi Contributors xiii Conversion Factors for SI and Non-SI Units xv 1 Urbanization: Impacts on Clouds, Precipitation, and Lightning 1 J.M. Shepherd, J.A. Stallins, M.L. Jin, T.L.
Mote 2 The Urban Physical Environment: Temperature and Urban Heat Islands 29 Gordon M. Heisler, Anthony J. Brazel 3 Urban Air Quality 57 Sri Juari Santosa 4 Birds in Urban Ecosystems: Population Dynamics, Community Structure, Biodiversity, and Conservation 75 Eyal Shochat, Susannah Lerman, Esteban Fernández-Juricic 5 Urban Mammals 87 Robert McCleery 6 Habitat Function in Urban Riparian Zones 103 Joan G. Ehrenfeld, Emilie K. Stander 7 Chemical, Physical, and Biological Characteristics of Urban Soils 119 Richard V. Pouyat, Katalin Szlavecz, Ian D. Yesilonis, Peter M. Groffman, Kirsten Schwarz 8 Lawn Ecology 153 Thomas W.
Cook, Erik H. Ervin 9 Urban Plant Ecology 179 Astrid Volder 10 Urban Agriculture: A Comparative Review of Allotment and Community Gardens 199 David L. Iaquinta, Axel W. Drescher 11 Urban Forestry 227 Astrid Volder, W. Todd Watson 12 Inside Out: Invasive Plants and Urban Environments 241 Sarah Hayden Reichard 13 Urban Riparian Function 253 Emilie K. Stander, Joan G. Ehrenfeld 14 Urban Impacts on the Water Cycle and Potential Green Infrastructure Implications 277 Steven J. Burian, Christine A.
Pomeroy 15 Chemistry of Urban, Suburban, and Rural Surface Waters 297 Meredith K Steele, William H. McDowell, Jacqueline A. Aitkenhead-Peterson 16 Urban Stream Ecology 341 Allison H. Roy, Michael J. Paul, Seth J. Wenger 17 Water Use in Urban Ecosystems: Complexity, Costs, and Services of Urban Ecohydrology 353 G. Darrel Jenerette, Karrin P. Alstad 18 Services in Natural and Human Dominated Ecosystems 373 Jacqueline A.
Aitkenhead-Peterson, Meredith K. Steele, Astrid Volder 19 Green Roofs and Garden Roofs 391 D. Bradley Rowe, Kristin L. Getter 20 Bioretention, Low Impact Development, and Stormwater Management 413 Ming-Han Li, Bruce Dvorak, Chan Yong Sung 21 Greenspaces, Green Structure, and Green Infrastructure Planning 431 Anne R. Beer Subject Index 449.