What determines occurrence of threatened bird species on urban wastelands?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 153, Issue , 2012, Pages 87-96

  Meffert, Peter J ^a   Dziock, Frank ^b  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boosted regression trees; Species of European Conservation concern; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DATA SET; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION DECLINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION MAPPING; WASTELAND;

BERLIN; GERMANY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84862732675     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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