Avian community structure of urban parks in developed and new growth areas: A landscape-scale study in Southeast Asia

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 108, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 91-102

  Zhou, Daqing ^a   Fung, Tung ^a   Chu, L M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bird community; Isolation; Nestedness; Species group; Urban greenspaces; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIRD COMMUNITIES; ISOLATION; NESTEDNESS; SPECIES GROUPS; URBAN GREENSPACES; URBANIZATION;

URBAN GROWTH;

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING SEASON; CENSUS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EXTINCTION RISK; GRANIVORY; HABITAT QUALITY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NESTEDNESS; PARK DESIGN; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; WOODLAND;

CHINA; HONG KONG; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

AVES;

EID: 84867538423     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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