Chapter 1 Urban Bird Research in a Global Perspective

Chapter 2 Global Patterns and Drivers of Urban Bird Diversity

Chapter 3 Urbanization and Bird Communities: Spatial and Temporal Patterns Emerging from Southern South America

Chapter 4 Bird Diversities and Their Responses to Urbanization in China

Chapter 5 Why Are Exotic Birds So Successful in Urbanized Environments?

Chapter 6 Becoming Citizens: Avian Adaptations to Urban Life

Chapter 7 Mechanisms of Behavioural Change in Urban Animals: The Role of Microevolution and Phenotypic Plasticity

Chapter 8 The Role of Landscape-Scale Factors in Shaping Urban Bird Communities

Chapter 9 Trends in Long-Term Urban Bird Research

Chapter 10 Counting Birds in Urban Areas: A Review of Methods for the Estimation of Abundance

Chapter 11 Urban Ornithological Atlases in Europe: A Review

Chapter 12 Pollutants in Urbanized Areas: Direct and Indirect Effects on Bird Populations

Chapter 13 Ecological Effects of Light Pollution: How Can We Improve Our Understanding Using Light Loggers on Individual Animals?

Chapter 14 Human Initiation of Synurbic Populations of Waterfowl, Raptors, Pigeons and Cage Birds

Chapter 16 Grassland to Urban Forest in 150 Years: Avifaunal Response in an African Metropolis

Chapter 17 Ecology and Conservation of Australian Urban and Exurban Avifauna

Chapter 18 Ecological and Social Factors Determining the Diversity of Birds in Residential Yards and Gardens

Chapter 19 Birds on Urban Wastelands

Chapter 20 The Role of Invasive Plant Species in Urban Avian Conservation

Chapter 21 Species Richness and Species of Conservation Concern in Parks of Italian Towns

Chapter 22 Indicators of the Effects of the Urban Greening on Birds: The Case of Barcelona

Chapter 23 Management of Urban Nature and Its Impact on Bird Ecosystem Services

Chapter 24 Improving Research Towards Conservation Objectives