Determinants of bird species richness in public green spaces

Bird Study

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 87-97

  Chamberlain, D E ^a   Gough, S ^a   Vaughan, H ^a,b   Vickery, J A ^a   Appleton, G F ^a  

^a THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; GREENSPACE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; URBAN AREA;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; URTICA;

EID: 33847174278     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650709461460     Document Type: Article

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