Distribution and species richness of a forest raptor community in relation to urbanization

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-33

  Bosakowski, Thomas ^a,c   Smith, Dwight G ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Beak Consultants Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Forest fragmentation; Forest raptors; Survey; Urbanization; Wilderness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003375552     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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