Decadal changes in urban bird abundance in Singapore

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL.25, 2012, Pages 189-196

  Chong, Kwek Yan ^a   Teo, Siyang ^a   Kurukulasuriya, Buddhima ^a   Chung, Yi Fei ^a   Rajathurai, Subaraj ^b   Lim, Haw Chuan ^c   Tan, Hugh T W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Strix Wildlife Consultancy   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Co invader; Competitive release; Pest bird control; Sinvasive species; Urban avifauna

Indexed keywords

ACRIDOTHERES; ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS; AVES; CORVUS SPLENDENS; EUDYNAMYS SCOLOPACEA;

EID: 84878298057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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