Surviving in sprawling suburbs: Suburban environments represent high quality breeding habitat for a widespread shorebird

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-80

  Cardilini, Adam P A ^a   Weston, Michael A ^a   Nimmo, Dale G ^a   Dann, Peter ^b   Sherman, Craig D H ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Phillip Island Nature Park   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic; Chick survival; Disturbance; Hatching success; Predation; Rural

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ECOSYSTEMS; RURAL AREAS; URBAN GROWTH;

ANTHROPOGENIC; CHICK SURVIVAL; DISTURBANCE; HATCHING SUCCESS; PREDATION;

AGRICULTURE;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING SITE; DISTURBANCE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SHRUB; SUBURBAN AREA; SURVIVAL; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBANIZATION; WADER;

EID: 84877671093     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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