Influence of urban landscape structure on bird fauna: A case study across seasons in the city of Valencia (Spain)

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-263

  Murgui, Enrique ^a  

^a Grupo para el Estudio de las Aves   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bird; Conservation; Landscape; Rural; Seasonality; Urban

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 70349321295     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-009-0092-0     Document Type: Article

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