Monitoring urban environments on the basis of biological traits

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 353-361

  Lizée, Marie Hélène ^a,b   Mauffrey, Jean François ^a   Tatoni, Thierry ^b   Deschamps Cottin, Magali ^a  

^a Aix Marseille University Marseille   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Birds; Butterflies; Community; Functional attributes; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ECOLOGY; URBAN GROWTH;

BIOTIC HOMOGENIZATIONS; BIOTIC INTERACTIONS; BUTTERFLIES; COMMUNITY; FUNCTIONAL ATTRIBUTE; FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE; URBANIZATION; URBANIZATION GRADIENTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOTIC FACTOR; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; COLONIZATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; GENERALIST; HOMOGENEITY; INNER CITY AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; FRANCE; MARSEILLES; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 79954425492     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2010.06.003     Document Type: Article

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