How would size, age, human disturbance, and vegetation structure affect bird communities of urban parks in different seasons?

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1101-1112

  Zhou, Daqing ^a   Chu, L M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bird community; Guilds; Seasonality; Southeast Asia; Urbanization; Visitor rate

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AVIFAUNA; BIRD; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; FRUGIVORY; GUILD; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INSECTIVORE; OMNIVORY; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION COVER;

CHINA; HONG KONG; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AVES;

EID: 84866447849     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0839-x     Document Type: Article

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