Urbanization impacts on habitat and bird communities in a sonoran desert ecosystem

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 225-239

  Green, Douglas M ^a   Baker, Micheal G ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Birds; Habitat; Sonoran desert; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOUSING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

HABITAT STRUCTURE;

ECOSYSTEMS;

AVIFAUNA; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HABITAT LOSS; URBANIZATION;

ARIZONA; SONORA DESERT; UNITED STATES;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; PHOENIX; RIPARIA;

EID: 0037730208     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(02)00195-0     Document Type: Article

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