Part I. Introduction. 1. Urban bird research in a global perspective / Marcus Hedblom and Enrique Murgui
Part II. General patterns and processes. 2. Global patterns and drivers of urban bird diversity / Christopher A. Lepczyk, Frank A. La Sorte, Myla F.J. Aronson, Mark A. Goddard, Ian MacGregor-Fors, Charles H. Nilon, and Paige S. Warren ; 3. Urbanization and bird communities : spatial and temporal patterns emerging from southern South America / M.I. Bellocq, L.M. Leveau, and J. Filloy ; 4. Bird diversities and their responses to urbanization in China / Shuihua Chen and Siyu Wang ; 5. Why are exotic birds so successful in urbanized environments? / Daniel Sol, Cesar González-Lagos, Oriol Lapiedra, and Mario Díaz ; 6. Becoming citizens : avian adaptations to urban life / Constantino Macías Garcia, Monserrat Suárez-Rodríguez, and Isabel López-Rull ; 7. Mechanisms of behavioural change in urban animals : the role of microevolution and phenotypic plasticity / Ana Catarina Miranda
Part III. Spatio-temporal scale and methodological approaches. 8. The role of landscape-scale factors in shaping urban bird communities / Jennifer Litteral and Eyal Shochat ; 9. Trends in long-term urban bird research / Mason Fidino and Seth B. Magle ; 10. Counting birds in urban areas : a review of methods for the estimation of abundance / Yolanda van Heezik and Philip J. Seddon ; 11. Urban ornithological atlases in Europe : a review / Maciej Luniak
Part IV. Anthropogenic factors. 12. Pollutants in urbanized areas : direct and indirect effects on bird populations / Jaana Kekkonen ; 13. Ecological effects of light pollution : how can we improve our understanding using light loggers on individual animals? / Davide M. Dominoni ; 14. Human initiation of synurbic populations of waterfowl, raptors, pigeons and cage birds / Ludwik Tomiałojć ; 15. Bird diversity improves the well-being of city residents / Marcus Hedblom, Igor Knez, and Bengt Gunnarsson
Part V. Urban bird habitats : conservation and management. 16. Grassland to urban forest in 150 years : avifaunal response in an African metropolis / Craig T. Symes, Kathryn Roller, Caroline Howes, Geoffrey Lockwood, and Berndt J. van Rensburg ; 17. Ecology and conservation of Australian urban and exurban avifauna / Grant Daniels and Jamie Kirkpatrick ; 18. Ecological and social factors determining the diversity of birds in residential yards and gardens / Mark A. Goddard, Karen Ikin, and Susannah B. Lerman ; 19. Birds on urban wastelands / Peter J. Meffert ; 20. The role of invasive plant species in urban avian conservation / Jason M. Gleditsch ; 21. Species richness and species of conservation concern in parks of Italian towns / Alberto Sorace and Marco Gustin ; 22. Indicators of the effects of the urban greening on birds : the case of Barcelona / Sergi Herrando, Lluís Brotons, Marc Anton, Martí Franch, Javier Quesada, and Xavier Ferrer ; 23. Management of urban nature and its impact on bird ecosystem services / Erik Heyman, Bengt Gunnarsson, and Lukas Dovydavicius
Part VI. Concluding remarks. 24. Improving research towards conservation objectives / Enrique Murgui and Marcus Hedblom.
