This is a list of all documents accepted for permanent retention under the subject classification 'Natural resources and the environment: Ecology: Types of environments: Urban environments'.
Natural resources and the environment:
Ecology:
Types of environments:
Urban environments
Attitudes of Homeowners in the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Region Toward Nuisance Wildlife (2001) [Report SR-00-02]
A mail survey was conducted to determine homeowners attitudes toward wildlife around their home, extent and types of wildlife damages experienced, and preferences for management actions. A random sample of homeowners in the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area, stratified by county of residence, was selected for this study. A total of 2,562 questionnaires (54%) were received. The results of the survey are the basis of this report.
Illinois Natural History Survey Reports (1999, 357 May/June)
Contents include: Deer in the suburbs of Chicago; Ecological monitoring for Illinois soils; Development of an individual-based model to evaluate growth and survival of walleye; the role of fire in maintaining plant diversity in oak woodland communities; Species spotlight -\- orange throat darter; The naturalist's apprentice -\- So many fishes! How do we tell them apart?
Illinois Natural History Survey Reports (2000, 362 March/April)
Contents include: urban ecology in Illinois; Lake Calumet -\- the dream of recovery; Research and outreach try to stem tide of exotic invasions in Lake Michigan; Plant stress -\- its relationship to arthropod pests in urban landscapes; Environmentally friendly gardening; Insect invaders infest Chicago trees; Cities and ecological dependence; Urban conservation of a wetland bird species -\- yellow-headed blackbird; Cost and controversy in managing urban deer; Illinois Wilds Institute for Nature
Illinois Natural History Survey Reports (2002, 373 Autumn)
Contents include: Illinois' got a brand-new bagworm parasite; Aphid speciation on pinyon pines; Early 1800s land cover in Illinois; Urban ecology; Land use and quail population biology; Species spotlight -\- mourning cloak; The naturalist's apprentice -\- nymphalid search
Illinois Natural History Survey Reports (2005, 384 Summer)
Contents include: The art and science of communicating nature; Possible displacement mechanisms in non-native crayfishes; Nutrients in Illinois streams; How does suburbanization influence pest problems?; Are small, isolated prairie preserves sustainable?; Species spotlight -\- black and yellow garden spider; The naturalist's apprentice -\- capture a garden spider's web
Illinois Natural History Survey Reports (2006, 386 Winter)
Contents include: 24 hours: the 2005 Busey Woods bioblitz; Mapping owned, managed, or leased properties of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources; New INHS space facilities; Energy impact of compact development vs. sprawl -\- urban ecology III; Insect biodiversity informatics; Species spotlight -\- hellbender; The naturalist's apprentice -\- hellbender crossword puzzle
Illinois Natural History Survey Reports (2006, 387 Spring)
Chicago Wilderness Celebrates 10 Years of Cooperative Conservation Mallows in Illinois Male-produced Aggregation Pheromone in Galerucella Beetles Reference Stream Conditions in the Illinois Grand Prairie Natural Division Slowing the Invasion of Exotic Plants in Illinois Species Spotlight: Columbine The Naturalist's Apprentice: Draw the Mystery Picture
RESULTS OF THE HOMEOWNERS AND WILDLIFE SURVEY: CHAMPAIGN-URBANA (2001) [W-112-R-11]
A total of 1,095 (54%) homeowners responded to the Homeowners and Wildlife Survey: Champaign-Urbana 2001. The usable sample was 1,070, because 25 of the returned questionnaires were flawed. The results of these surveys are the basis of this report.