Multiple indices of body condition reveal no negative effect of urbanization in adult house sparrows

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-84

  Bókony, Veronika ^a   Seress, Gábor ^a   Nagy, Szabolcs ^a   Lendvai, ádám Z ^b   Liker, András ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b Department of Agricultural Sciences and Environmental Management   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental stress; Habitat urbanization; Individual condition

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HABITAT URBANIZATION; INDIVIDUAL CONDITION; POPULATION DECLINE; REGRESSION RESIDUALS; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; URBANIZATION GRADIENTS;

RURAL AREAS;

ADULT; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MEGACITY; PASSERINE; PLUMAGE; POPULATION DECLINE; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBANIZATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 81455141213     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2011.10.006     Document Type: Article

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