Habitat associations of a raptor community in a mosaic landscape of Central Spain under urban development

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 268-274

  Palomino, David ^a   Carrascal, Luis M ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds of prey; Exurban development; Habitat distribution; Land cover conservation priorities; Road network; Urban rural change

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; LAND USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EXURBAN DEVELOPMENT; HABITAT DISTRIBUTION; LAND COVER CONSERVATION PRIORITIES; ROAD NETWORK; URBAN-RURAL CHANGES;

URBAN PLANNING;

ABUNDANCE; CATTLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; GRAZING; HABITAT MOSAIC; HABITAT SELECTION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RAPTOR; ROAD; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION TYPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SIERRA DE GUADARRAMA; SISTEMA CENTRAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; BOS; BUTEO BUTEO; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; HIERAAETUS PENNATUS; MILVUS; MILVUS MIGRANS; QUERCUS PYRENAICA; RAPTORES;

EID: 36048985978     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.04.011     Document Type: Article

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