Living in the big city: Effects of urban land-use on bird community structure, diversity, and composition

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 90, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 189-195

  Ortega Álvarez, Rubén ^a   MacGregor Fors, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Land use; Neotropical bird communities; Urban ecology; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LAND USE; URBAN PLANNING;

BIRD COMMUNITIES; BIRD SPECIES RICHNESS; COMMERCIAL COMPONENTS; COMPOSITION PATTERNS; ECOLOGICAL DATA; MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES; MONITORING PROGRAMS; URBAN ECOLOGY;

BIRDS;

BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAND USE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 62349116354     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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