The conservation value of urban riparian areas for landbirds during spring migration: Land cover, scale, and vegetation effects

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1235-1248

  Pennington, Derric N ^a   Hansel, James ^a   Blair, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Conservation; Migration; Riparian landscape; Stopover; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; LAND COVER; MIGRATION; NEOTROPICAL REGION; POPULATION DENSITY; RIPARIAN ZONE; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOPING; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

CINCINNATI; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 44149095991     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.02.021     Document Type: Article

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