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	Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution 4.09 avg rating — 2,144 ratings — published 2018 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nature's Nether Regions: What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds, and Beasts Tell Us About Evolution, Biodiversity, and Ourselves 4.13 avg rating — 452 ratings — published 2014 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Urban Naturalist: How to Make the City Your Scientific Playground by Menno Schilthuizen (Goodreads Author), Jono Nussbaum (illustrator) 4.13 avg rating — 76 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frogs, Flies, and Dandelions: The Making of Species really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waarom zijn er zoveel soorten? 3.73 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2008 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Darwins engelen. Vrouwelijke geleerden in de tijd van Charles Darwin by Norbert Peeters (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tessa van Dijk (Editor), Jelle Reumer (Contributor) 3.87 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wie wat bewaart: Twee eeuwen Nederlandse natuurhistorie by Menno Schilthuizen (Goodreads Author), Freek Vonk 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tabin Limestone Scientific Expedition 2000 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Loom of Life: Unravelling Ecosystems 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The fourth and final explanation for the rich biodiversity of cities is the sheer diversity of habitat patches.”
― Menno Schilthuizen, Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution

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“and, the highlight, Cristiano Ronaldo weeping on the grass after a knee injury in the 24th minute, while a lone Autographa gamma sips his teardrops away.”
― Menno Schilthuizen, Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution

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“These constantly arriving foreign inhabitants form the first of at least four explanations for the high biodiversity urban naturalists are encountering in their cities. A second explanation is the fact that the places where people like to build their settlements, which then grow into cities, are often biologically rich areas to begin with.”
― Menno Schilthuizen, Darwin Comes to Town: How the Urban Jungle Drives Evolution

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The Overstory by Richard Powers (Pulitzer winner)

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Monarchs and Milkweed: A Migrating Butterfly, a Poisonous Plant, and Their Remarkable Story of Coevolution by Anurag Agrawal (biology)

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Wild America: The Record of a 30,000 Mile Journey Around the Continent by a Distinguished Naturalist and His British Colleague by Roger Tory Peterson (nature travel)

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Nature's Nether Regions: What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds, and Beasts Tell Us About Evolution, Biodiversity, and Ourselves by Menno Schilthuizen (reproductive biology)

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Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard (environmental essay)

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