Avian community structure along an urbanization gradient

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 341-349

  Rolando, Antonio ^a   Maffei, Giovanni ^b   Pulcher, Claudio ^b   Giuso, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Museo Civico di Storia Naturale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Bird ecology; Habitat occupancy; Species richness and diversity

Indexed keywords

BIRD COMMUNITY; BIRD SURVEY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; URBANIZATION GRADIENT;

ITALY, PIEDMONT, TURIN;

APUS APUS; APUS PALLIDUS; COLUMBIA LIVIA; PASSER DOMESTICUS ITALIAE; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; GALLIFORMES; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 0031397089     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009709356221     Document Type: Article

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