Introduced birds in urban remnant vegetation: Does remnant size really matter?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 254-261

  Antos, Mark J ^a,b   Fitzsimons, James A ^a   Palmer, Grant C ^a,c   White, John G ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Birds Australia ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Introduced species; Invasion; Remnant size; Urban avifauna

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIRD; INTRODUCED SPECIES; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

AVES;

EID: 33644649299     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01572.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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