Avian ecological diversity as an indicator of urban forest functionality. Results from two case studies in northern and southern Italy

Arboriculture and Urban Forestry

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 80-86

  Sanesi, Giovanni ^a   Padoa Schioppa, Emilio ^b   Lorusso, Leonardo ^a   Bottoni, Luciana ^a   Lafortezza, Raffaele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ecological indicators; Forest birds; Italy; Point counts; Urban biodiversity; Urban environments; Urban greenspaces. 2009 international society of arboriculture

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GREENSPACE; HABITAT QUALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING;

ITALY;

AVES;

EID: 79952019761     PISSN: 02785226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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