Relation between green spaces and bird community structure in an urban area in Southeast Brazil

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-131

  de Toledo, Maria Cecília Barbosa ^a   Donatelli, Reginaldo José ^b   Batista, Getulio Teixeira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAUBATÉ   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bird habitat relationship; Brazil; Urban birds; Urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84857657272     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-011-0195-2     Document Type: Article

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