Effects of age and intensity of urbanization on farmland bird communities

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2698-2707

  Filippi Codaccioni, Ondine ^a   Devictor, Vincent ^a   Clobert, Jean ^b   Julliard, Romain ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b USR 2936   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Biotic homogenization; Bird counts; Spatial extent; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

AVES;

EID: 53849126468     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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