Urban lakes and waterbirds: Effects of shoreline development on avian distribution

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-85

  Traut, Ashley H ^a,b   Hostetler, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Habitat; Urban lakes; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

URBAN LAKES; WATERBIRDS; WILD LIFE;

BIODIVERSITY;

DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LAKE; URBAN AREA; WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 1842535931     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2003.08.009     Document Type: Article

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