The value of urban forests to wintering birds

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 280-288

  Atchison, Kelly A ^a,b,c   Rodewald, Amanda D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sterling Heights Nature Center in Southeast Michigan   (United States)

^c Macomb Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Community; Landscape; Matrix; Microclimate; Urban environments; Wintering birds

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AIR TEMPERATURE; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOOD; MICROCLIMATE; RESOURCE USE; RIPARIAN FOREST; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVEY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN FORESTRY; URBANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 33746599464     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2006)26[280:TVOUFT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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