Bird communities, roads and development: Prospects and constraints of applying empirical models

Biological Conservation

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-243

  Gutzwiller, Kevin J ^a   Barrow Jr , Wylie C ^b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird communities; Chihuahuan Desert; Human development; Regression model applications; Roads

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; CONSERVATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROAD;

CHIHUAHUAN DESERT; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 0037629040     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00362-2     Document Type: Article

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