Land use and avian species diversity along an urban gradient

Ecological Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 506-519

  Blair, Robert B ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Canonical correspondence analysis; Conservation; Development; Gradient analysis; Human disturbance; Land use; Species diversity; Species richness; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; QUERCUS;

BIRD COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LAND USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN GRADIENT;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SANTA CLARA;

EID: 0030404264     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2269387     Document Type: Article

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