The confounding influence of homogenising invasive species in a globally endangered and largely urban biome: Does habitat quality dominate avian biodiversity?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 768-777

  Dures, Simon G ^a   Cumming, Graeme S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bird; Fragmentation; Fynbos; Island biogeography; Landscape ecology; Urban

Indexed keywords

BIOME; BIRD; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DICOTYLEDON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA; AVES;

EID: 76449084111     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.12.019     Document Type: Article

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