Coastal urbanization and the integrity of estuarine waterbird communities: Threshold responses and the importance of scale

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2669-2678

  DeLuca, William V ^a   Studds, Colin E ^a   King, Ryan S ^b   Marra, Peter P ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological indicator; Changepoint; Chesapeake Bay; Land cover; Watershed

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FOREST COVER; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; THRESHOLD; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; WATERFOWL; WATERSHED;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53649089039     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.07.023     Document Type: Article

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