Impacts of urbanization on plant and bird communities in forest ecosystems

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 855-860

  Friesen, Lyle ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 0032419759     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc74855-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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