Passerine reactions to human behaviour and vegetation structure in Peterborough, Canada

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-51

  Campbell, Michael O'Neal ^a  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alert distance; Birds; Flight distance; Parks

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FLIGHT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; PARK DESIGN; SONGBIRD; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; PETERBOROUGH [ONTARIO];

AVES; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 79851514614     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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