Characteristics of urban natural areas influencing winter bird use in southern Ontario, Canada

Environmental Management

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 338-352

  Smith, Paul G R ^a  

^a FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Natural area; Urban ecology; Urbanization; Winter birds

Indexed keywords

NATURAL HABITATS; URBAN ECOLOGY; URBANIZATION; WINTER BIRDS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LAND USE; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

CONSERVATION;

BIRD; FEEDING GROUND; HABITAT TYPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAND USE; RESIDENT POPULATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BARK; BIRD; CANADA; CANOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FEEDING; FOREST; HABITAT; HORTICULTURE; INSECTIVORE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RURAL AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; ONTARIO; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URBANIZATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

AVES;

EID: 33847141073     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-005-0028-2     Document Type: Article

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