Linking bird species traits to vegetation characteristics in a future urban development zone: Implications for urban planning

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 961-977

  Ikin, Karen ^a   Knight, Emma ^b   Lindenmayer, David B ^a   Fischer, Joern ^a,c   Manning, Adrian D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community composition; Conservation planning; Impact mitigation; RLQ analysis; Southeastern Australia; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84868563063     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-012-0247-2     Document Type: Article

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