Urban parks as shared spaces? The utility of alert distances as indicators of avian tolerance of humans in Stirling, Scotland

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Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 301-311

  O'Neal Campbell, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alert distances; Bird tolerance; Green spaces; Park design; Passerine; Stirling

Indexed keywords

GREENSPACE; PARK DESIGN; PASSERINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; STIRLING; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 33749019988     PISSN: 00040894     EISSN: 14754762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2006.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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