Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

v. 5 (1894)

Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

v. 25 (1914)

Transactions and proceedings of the Botanical Society of Pennsylvania.

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Urban mammals: what does the future hold? An analysis of the factors affecting patterns of use of residential gardens in Great Britain

1Urban areas are predicted to grow significantly in the foreseeable future because of increasing human population growth. Predicting the impact of urban development and expansion on mammal populations is of considerable interest due to possible effects on biodiversity and human-wildlife conflict. 2The British government has recently announced a substantial housing programme to meet the demands of its growing population and changing socio-economic profile. This is likely to result in the construction of high-density, low-cost housing with small residential gardens. To assess the potential effects of this programme, we analysed the factors affecting the current pattern of use of residential gardens by a range of mammal species using a questionnaire distributed in wildlife and gardening magazines and via The Mammal Society. 3Twenty-two species/species groups were recorded. However, the pattern of garden use by individual species was limited, with only six species/species groups (bats, red fox Vulpes vulpes, grey squirrel Sciurus carolinensis, hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus, mice, voles) recorded as frequent visitors to > 20% of gardens in the survey. 4There was a high degree of association between the variables recorded in the study, such that it was difficult to quantify the effects of individual variables. However, all species/species groups appeared to be negatively affected by the increased fragmentation and reduced proximity of natural and semi-natural habitats, decreasing garden size and garden structure, but to differing degrees. Patterns of garden use were most clearly affected by house location (city, town, village, rural), with garden use declining with increasing urbanization for the majority of species/species groups, except red foxes and grey squirrels. Increasing urbanization is likely to be related to a wide range of interrelated factors, any or all of which may affect a range of mammal species. 5Overall, the probable effects of the planned housing development programme in Britain are not likely to be beneficial to mammal populations, although the pattern of use examined in this study may represent patterns of habitat selection by species rather than differences in distribution or abundance. Consequently, additional data are required on the factors affecting the density of species within urban environments.

Entomological news, and proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.

v. 14 (1903)

Report of the Committee appointed by the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania to translate the inscription on the Rosetta stone.

The "Report" includes the hieroglyphic text, translations of the three texts, and an essay on Ptolemee Epiphanes. The "Appendix" contains a facsimile of the demotic text and the Greek text.

The historic bridges of Philadelphia.

Mode of access: Internet.

Register of members and miscellaneous statistical information concerning the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution.

Description based on: 1902.

Memoirs of Samuel M. Janney, late of Lincoln, Loudoun County, Va. ; a minister in the Religious Society of Friends /

Preface signed C. J. (i. e. Cornelia Janney)

Missionary work in connection with the Society of Friends : an address /

Cover title: Friends' missions.

Exiles in Virginia: with observations on the conduct of the Society of Friends during the revolutionary war, comprising the official papers of the government relating to that period. 1777-1778.

"An address to the inhabitants of Pennsylvania, by those freemen of the city of Philadelphia, who are now confined in the Mason's lodge ...": p. 86-115.

Annual oration delivered before the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania, July 30th, 1832.

Mode of access: Internet.

Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.

List of members in v. 1, appended to v. 18-19.