The positive correlation between avian species richness and human population density in Britain is not attributable to sampling bias

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 300-304

  Evans, Karl L ^a   Greenwood, Jeremy J D ^b   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds; Britain; Conservatio nconflicts; Human population density; Sampling effort; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POPULATION DENSITY; SAMPLING BIAS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 34247094230     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00288.x     Document Type: Article

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