Seasonal variation in species composition of an urban bird community in Mediterranean France

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-9

  Caula, Sabina ^a   Marty, Pascal ^a   Martin, Jean Louis ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mediterranean; Seasons; Urban bird communities; Urban conservation; Urban ecology; Urban landscape

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ECOLOGY; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

BIRD COMMUNITIES; MEDITERRANEAN; SEASONS; URBAN CONSERVATION; URBAN ECOLOGY; URBAN LANDSCAPE;

CONSERVATION;

BUILDING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GARDEN; GREENSPACE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 45049083145     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.03.006     Document Type: Article

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