How to measure the urban-wildland ecotone: Redefining 'peri-urban' areas

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 883-887

  MacGregor Fors, Ian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bird communities; Intra urban; Neotropics; Peri urban; Urban ecology; Urban fringe; Urban wildland ecotone

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; ECOTONE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PERIURBAN AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

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EID: 77954543872     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-010-0717-z     Document Type: Article

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