Avian diversity on golf courses and surrounding landscapes in Italy

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 81-90

  Sorace, Alberto ^a   Visentin, Marta ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SROPU (Stazione Romana Osservazione e Protezione Uccelli)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birds; Golf courses in Italy; Land cover; Predator densities; Species richness; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; LAND USE;

GOLF COURSES; LAND COVER; PREDATOR DENSITIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILDLIFE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

URBAN PLANNING;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CENSUS; GOLF COURSE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE; NATURE CONSERVATION; NEST PREDATION; SPECIALIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 34247577635     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.10.014     Document Type: Article

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