Introduction: what is ecology?
Around the house and garden
Apple at my core
Arboreal aqueducts
Lawn lions
Praise for lazy gardeners
The evolution of food
Hey, taxi!
Social life
Bathroom drama
Winter warmth
In the neighborhood
The secret life of ponds
A life of extremes
Prowling predator
Pigeontown
Animal intelligentsia
Squirrelly neighbors
From the chimney tops
Long lifelines
The metropolis
Canary in the city
Wing beats
Enough already!
Darwin's sweet tooth?
A breath of fresh air
Successful little birds
Opportunistic gulls
Urban root.
Nature all around us : a guide to urban ecology. ISBN 9780226922751. Published by The University of Chicago Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.