Determinants of local extinction and turnover rates in urban bird communities

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 168-180

  Husté, Aurélie ^a,b   Boulinier, Thierry ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Bird species richness; Colonization; Community dynamics; Detection probability; Fragmentation; France; Migratory birds; Sedentary birds; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETECTION METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PROBABILITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; FRANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; PARIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ILE-DE-FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE-DE-PARIS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 34247154711     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2007)017[0168:DOLEAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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