ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the structural features of urbanization that are recognized by selected wildlife species as alternative habitats that provide food, water, shelter, and protection from the elements and predators. The structural features of urbanization (see Table 1 in McDonnell and Pickett 1990) can be placed into two categories. One category we have labeled as green spaces (e.g., plants are the dominant cover type) classified as either remnant, successional, or managed habitats. The second category we have labeled as gray spaces, which is the subject of Chapter 8. Examples of urban green spaces are discussed below in the context of the ecological interrelationships that result in the presence or absence of urban wildlife species.
