Management effect on bird and arthropod interaction in suburban woodlands

BMC Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Heyman, Erik ^a   Gunnarsson, Bengt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; QUERCUS ROBUR;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIRD; CITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; TREE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIOMASS; BIRDS; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; QUERCUS; TREES;

EID: 79952079739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-11-8     Document Type: Article

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