How do habitat variability and management regime shape the spatial heterogeneity of birds within a large Mediterranean urban park?

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 219-229

  Shwartz, Assaf ^a   Shirley, Susan ^a   Kark, Salit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alien species; Bird communities; Israel; Urban ecology; Urban exploiters; Urban parks

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; PARKS; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION;

ALIEN SPECIES; BIRD COMMUNITIES; HABITAT VARIABILITY; MANAGEMENT REGIME; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; URBAN ECOLOGY; URBAN EXPLOITERS; URBAN PARKS;

BIRDS;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; DESIGN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PARK MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MIDDLE EAST; TEL AVIV; TEL AVIV-JAFFA; YARKON PARK;

AVES;

EID: 38849129423     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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