Bird community responses to different urban conditions in La Paz, Bolivia

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 375-391

  Villegas, Mariana ^a,b   Garitano Zavala, Álvaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Bird communities; Elevation; Gradient; Urban ecology; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; LEPTASTHENURA; OCHTHOECA OENANTHOIDES; TURDUS CHIGUANCO; ZENAIDA AURICULATA; ZONOTRICHIA CAPENSIS;

EID: 77954464035     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-010-0126-7     Document Type: Article

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