The human impact on biological diversity. How species adapt to urban challenges sheds light on evolution and provides clues about conservation

EMBO Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 316-318

  Hunter, Philip ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NOISE POLLUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; PLANTS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBANIZATION;

EID: 34047147425     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400951     Document Type: Article

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