Landscape and patch-level factors influence bird communities in an urbanized tropical island

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1311-1321

  Suarez Rubio, Marcela ^a   Thomlinson, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Avifauna; Development; Matrix; Species richness; Vertical complexity

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; HETEROGENEITY; ISLAND; LAND USE; METROPOLITAN AREA; PATCH SIZE; PATCHINESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO; SAN JUAN [PUERTO RICO];

AVES;

EID: 67349091682     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.12.035     Document Type: Article

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