Habitat use of urban Tree Sparrows in the process of urbanization: Beijing as a case study

Frontiers of Biology in China

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 308-314

  Zhang, Shuping ^a,b   Zheng, Guangmei ^a   Xu, Jiliang ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Habitat use; Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus); Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AVES; PASSER MONTANUS;

EID: 47649107844     PISSN: 16733509     EISSN: 16733622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-008-0042-x     Document Type: Article

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