Bird use of linear areas of a tropical city: Implications for park connector design and management

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 45, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 123-130

  Sodhi, Navjot S ^a   Briffett, Clive ^a   Kong, Lily ^a   Yuen, Belinda ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Birds; Landscape design; Park connectors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001749338     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(99)00028-6     Document Type: Article

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