Applications of nestedness analyses to biodiversity conservation in developing landscapes

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 271-281

  Fleishman, Erica ^a,c   Donnelly, Roarke ^b   Fay, John P ^a   Reeves, Rick ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assemblage structure; Conservation; Detection probabilities; Environmental gradient; Species richness; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CONSERVATION; LAND USE; STATISTICAL METHODS; URBAN PLANNING;

ASSEMBLAGE STRUCTURE; DETECTION PROBABILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LAND USE PLANNING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NESTEDNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

AVES; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 34250009292     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.02.002     Document Type: Review

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