What matters most? Relative effect of urban habitat traits and hazards on urban park birds

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 519-533

  Ortega Àlvarez, Rubén ^a   MacGregor Fors, Ian ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Avian ecology; Bird communities; Mexico city; Nootropics; Urban ecology; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952130158     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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