The Accidental Ecosystem: People and Wildlife in American Cities offers readers insights into how animals survive in the concrete world. The author, American ecologist Peter S. Alagona, spent 10 years tracking not mysterious species in rainforests but small animals nesting in drainage pipes, foraging in trash bins, and breeding in the cracks of office buildings. The book reveals how human activity and urban material conditions reshape wildlife habits and survival strategies, and how these animals, in turn, alter human lifestyles, ideologies, and even social order.

Author: Peter S. Alagona

Translator: Zang Jing

Publisher: Phoenix Science Press

Publication date: January 2025

Pages: 240

Price: 78 yuan

ISBN: 9787571351625