New York's nature: A review of the status and trends in species richness across the metropolitan region

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-21

  Puth, Linda M ^a   Burns, Catherine E ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat type; Historical change; Literature review; New York metropolitan region; Species richness; Taxonomic group

Indexed keywords

HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; METROPOLITAN AREA; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; URBANIZATION;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 57349200661     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00499.x     Document Type: Review

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