The value of small urban greenspaces for birds in a Mexican city

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-222

  Carbó Ramírez, Pilar ^a   Zuria, Iriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Adjacent landscape; Bird richness; Human disturbance; Road strip corridor; Urban park; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; ROADS AND STREETS; VEGETATION;

ADJACENT LANDSCAPE; BIRD RICHNESS; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; ROAD STRIP CORRIDOR; URBAN PARKS; URBANIZATION;

BIRDS;

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GREENSPACE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; INSECTIVORE; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION TYPE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; MEXICO; PLANNING; PLANTS; ROADS;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO CITY; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

AVES;

EID: 79952002219     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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