Multi-scale use of lands providing anthropogenic resources by American Crows in an urbanizing landscape

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 281-293

  Withey, John C ^a,b   Marzluff, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

American Crow; Corvus brachyrhynchos; Habitat selection; Resource use; Spatial autocorrelation; Urban ecology; Utilization distribution; Washington State

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST COVER; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE; PASSERINE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; URBANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS;

EID: 59449105105     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-008-9305-9     Document Type: Article

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