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Sex In City Plants Animals Fungi And More A Guide To Reproductive Diversity Kenneth D Frank

Name: Sex In City Plants Animals Fungi And More A Guide To Reproductive Diversity Kenneth D Frank
SKU: BELL-47121256
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Sex In City Plants Animals Fungi And More A Guide To Reproductive Diversity Kenneth D Frank instant download after payment.

Publisher: Columbia University Press

File Extension: PDF

File size: 153.35 MB

Pages: 205

Author: Kenneth D. Frank

ISBN: 9780231206068, 0231206062

Language: English

Year: 2022

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Sex In City Plants Animals Fungi And More A Guide To Reproductive Diversity Kenneth D Frank by Kenneth D. Frank 9780231206068, 0231206062 instant download after payment.

Cities pose formidable obstacles to nonhuman life. Vast expanses of asphalt and concrete are inhospitable to plants and animals; traffic noise and artificial light disturb natural rhythms; sewage and pollutants imperil existence. Yet cities teem with life: In rowhouse neighborhoods, tiny flowers bloom from cracks in the sidewalk. White clover covers lawns, its seeds dispersed by shoes and birds. Moths flutter and spiders weave their webs near electric lights. Sparrows and squirrels feast on the scraps people leave behind. Pairs of red-tailed hawks nest on window ledges. How do wild plants and animals in urban areas find mates? How do they navigate the patchwork of habitats to reproduce while avoiding inbreeding? In what ways do built environments enable or inhibit mating?

This book explores the natural history of sex in urban bacteria, fungi, plants, and nonhuman animals. Kenneth D. Frank illuminates the reproductive behavior of scores of species. He examines topics such as breeding systems, sex determination, sex change, sexual conflict, sexual trauma, sexually transmitted disease, sexual mimicry, sexual cannibalism, aphrodisiacs, and lost sex. Frank offers a guide to urban reproductive diversity across a range of conditions, showing how understanding of sex and mating furthers the appreciation of biodiversity. He presents reproductive diversity as elegant but vulnerable, underscoring the consequences of human activity. Featuring compelling photographs of a multitude of life forms in their city habitats, this book provides a new lens on urban natural history.