Impact of urban structure on avian diversity along the Truckee River, USA

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 993-1013

  Trammell, E Jamie ^a   Bassett, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use planning; Mantel test; Random Forests; Riparian; Truckee River; Urban birds

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84868563297     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-012-0251-6     Document Type: Article

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