Mammalian nest predators respond to greenway width, landscape context and habitat structure

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 71, Issue 2-4, 2005, Pages 277-293

  Sinclair, Kristen E ^a   Hess, George R ^b   Moorman, Christopher E ^b   Mason, Jamie H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corridor; Greenway; Landscape context; Mammal; Nest predator

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PAVEMENTS;

GREENWAY WIDTH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPES; SUBURBAN GREENWAYS;

URBAN PLANNING;

CONSERVATION; GREENSPACE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NEST PREDATION; SUBURBAN AREA;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CITIES; CONSERVATION; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MAMMALS; PAVEMENTS;

CARY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; RALEIGH; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 11444269242     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(04)00082-9     Document Type: Article

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