Variation in bird diversity in relation to habitat size in the urban landscape of Seoul, South Korea

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-44

  Kim, Jungsoo ^a   Chae, Jinhwak ^b   Koo, Tae Hoe ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Byuck San Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bird diversity; Insects; Korea; Roads; Urban landscape; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE; PATCHINESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN PLANNING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

AVES; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34548301662     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.042.0111     Document Type: Article

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