Urban effects on native avifauna: A review

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 46-69

  Chace, Jameson F ^a   Walsh, John J ^b,c  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Avian ecology; Birds; Landscape ecology; Urban planning; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPOSITION; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISKS; VEGETATION;

AVIAN ECOLOGY; AVIAN POPULATION; BIRDS; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

URBAN PLANNING;

AVIFAUNA; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; URBANIZATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AVES; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27544443275     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2004.08.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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