A habitat island approach to conserving birds in urban landscapes: Case studies from southern and northern Europe

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2023-2043

  Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a   Jokimäki, Jukka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bird conservation; Fragmentation; Habitat island theory; Urban birds; Urban ecosystems

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

FINLAND; SPAIN;

AVES;

EID: 0035688993     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013133308987     Document Type: Article

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