A conceptual framework for the colonisation of urban areas: The blackbird Turdus merula as a case study

Biological Reviews

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 643-667

  Evans, Karl L ^a   Hatchwell, Ben J ^a   Parnell, Mark ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptation; blackbird; Columba palumbus; corvids; magpie; Pica pica; range expansion; species traits; Turdus merula; urbanisation; woodpigeon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; CITIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PASSERIFORMES;

ANURA; AVES; COLUMBA PALUMBUS; CORVIDA; PICA PICA; TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 77954568461     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2010.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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