Interspecific competition and small bird diversity in an urbanizing landscape

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 72-79

  Kath, Jarrod ^a   Maron, Martine ^a,b   Dunn, Peter K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Habitat modification; Lantana; Noisy miner; Urbanization; Woodland birds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MINERS; VEGETATION;

CONSERVATION STRATEGIES; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MODIFICATION; HABITAT STRUCTURES; INTER-SPECIFIC COMPETITIONS; LANTANA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CONSERVATION;

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; EVERGREEN TREE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LAND USE CHANGE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; WEED; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AVES; LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA; MANORINA MELANOCEPHALA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 67649946800     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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