Birds on novel island environments. A case study with the urban avifauna of Tenerife (Canary Islands)

Ecological Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 611-617

  Palomino, David ^a   Carrascal, Luis M ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avian biogeography; Distribution patterns; Habitat preferences; Island mainland comparisons; Urban habitats

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AVIFAUNA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HABITAT SELECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION COVER;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; MADRID [MADRID (ADS/PRV)]; MADRID [SPAIN]; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

AVES; EUPHORBIA;

EID: 33746398456     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-005-0083-4     Document Type: Article

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