Spatial structure of avifauna along urban-rural gradients

Ecological Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Natuhara, Yosihiro ^a   Imai, Chobei ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bird community; Fragmentation; Landscape; Ordination; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BIRD COMMUNITY; BREEDING BIRD; ORDINATION; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; URBAN-RURAL GRADIENT;

JAPAN, KYUSHU, OSAKA;

EID: 0029662454     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02347814     Document Type: Article

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