Citywide biological monitoring as a tool for ecology and conservation in urban landscapes: The case of the Tucson Bird Count

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 149-166

  Turner, Will R ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Conservation; Monitoring; Tucson Bird Count; Urban wildlife

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; SURVEYS;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CITYWIDE SURVEYS;

URBAN PLANNING;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NATIVE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; URBAN AREA;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; TUCSON; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 1642349593     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(03)00012-4     Document Type: Article

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