Interrelationship of birds and habitat features in urban greenspaces in Delhi, India

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 187-196

  Khera, N ^a   Mehta, V ^a   Sabata, B C ^b  

^a TERI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi   (India)

Author keywords

Bird diversity; Bird habitat relationship; PCA; Urban biodiversity; Urban birds

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GREENSPACE; HABITAT QUALITY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

AVES; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA;

EID: 67749129032     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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