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L'écologie En Ville: 25 Leçons D'écologie De Terrain
On n'échappe pas à la nature. Feuillue, griffue, poilue, aquatique, aérienne, souterraine, visible ou invisible, la vie est partout... Elle ne demande qu'à être observée. Pour ces 25 leçons d'écologie, les auteurs ont choisi un terrain insolite et méconnu, loin des forêts pluviales et des laboratoires: la ville.
On oublie souvent qu'avant d'être une idée, l'écologie est une science, une branche féconde de la biologie née il y a un peu plus d'un siècle. Les spécialistes qui ont écrit ce livre ont voulu nous rendre cette science plus familière, nous initier à ce regard différent porté sur l'univers qui nous entoure. Voir le monde avec l'oeil d'un écologiste, c'est le redécouvrir sans cesse et saisir avec un peu plus de rigueur les rapports entre l'être humain et son environnement. Qu'on se le tienne pour dit: l'écologie arrive en ville!
On oublie souvent qu'avant d'être une idée, l'écologie est une science, une branche féconde de la biologie née il y a un peu plus d'un siècle. Les spécialistes qui ont écrit ce livre ont voulu nous rendre cette science plus familière, nous initier à ce regard différent porté sur l'univers qui nous entoure. Voir le monde avec l'oeil d'un écologiste, c'est le redécouvrir sans cesse et saisir avec un peu plus de rigueur les rapports entre l'être humain et son environnement. Qu'on se le tienne pour dit: l'écologie arrive en ville!
196 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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July 13, 2023
Très chouette livre expliquant très concrètement des notions d’écologie appliquées au milieu urbain. C’est accessible aux non-initiés, mais tout aussi intéressant pour une écologiste de formation comme moi.
December 21, 2012
This is a lovely little book: small in size but great in scope.
It is subtitled a ‘guide to urban ecology’ but since ecology is the same everywhere it is a guide to ecology which has been approached through the everyday sights and sounds that surround those people who might think that they are most divorced from the ecological world. It’s a good idea and it’s well done in this book.
Written by a variety of authors the 25 chapters take the reader through the ideas of niches, competition, ecological services, predator/prey relationships, evolution by natural selection and a host of other ideas by way of cats, lichens, spiders, dandelions, gulls and pigeons.
The authors live in North America so the gulls are ring-billed gulls and the squirrels are gray squirrels but those slight differences won’t detract at all from the enjoyment of a European reader.
Jargon-free but ideas-rich this book would appeal to anyone from the age of about 15 upwards.
This review first appeared at www.markavery.info/blog/ on 6 December 2012
It is subtitled a ‘guide to urban ecology’ but since ecology is the same everywhere it is a guide to ecology which has been approached through the everyday sights and sounds that surround those people who might think that they are most divorced from the ecological world. It’s a good idea and it’s well done in this book.
Written by a variety of authors the 25 chapters take the reader through the ideas of niches, competition, ecological services, predator/prey relationships, evolution by natural selection and a host of other ideas by way of cats, lichens, spiders, dandelions, gulls and pigeons.
The authors live in North America so the gulls are ring-billed gulls and the squirrels are gray squirrels but those slight differences won’t detract at all from the enjoyment of a European reader.
Jargon-free but ideas-rich this book would appeal to anyone from the age of about 15 upwards.
This review first appeared at www.markavery.info/blog/ on 6 December 2012
June 26, 2018
Cool little book. Nicely illustrated and well explained. The book approaches teaching the general principles of ecology through studying an urban setting. So they cover topics like niche, carrying capacity, nutrient cycling, invasive species, etc through examples from an urban setting: Street trees, pigeons, house sparrows, lichen, etc.
I'd still like to find a book that's a field guide to the specific ecology of cities, and this book wasn't quite that. But it was still a great concept and book.
I'd still like to find a book that's a field guide to the specific ecology of cities, and this book wasn't quite that. But it was still a great concept and book.
October 21, 2017
It’s an easy and entertaining read that will entice you to enquire and keep learning.
June 26, 2019
Little book with a lot of information! Chapters include simple yet helpful illustrations and conclude with “homework” or questions for reflection. It’s a fun and easy read.
September 14, 2016
Not exactly what I expected (I thought it was going to be more anecdotes/memoir based), but an interesting read nonetheless. It's a basic introduction to ecology and ecological principles, using the creatures of urban and suburban houses, neighborhoods and streets as examples. It's occasionally a bit pedantic - I think the essays/chapters could have been greatly expanded and/or edited for readability and style. The whole thing reads a bit too much like a textbook!
August 1, 2017
Quick and easy read. I read it in an evening for an outdoor education class I'm preparing for high school students. Quick tidbits on different plants and animals and covers basic ecological concepts.
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