Measuring tolerance to urbanization for comparative analyses

Ardeola

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-13

  Sol, Daniel ^a,b   González Lagos, Cesar ^a,c   Moreira, Dario ^d   Maspons, Joan ^a  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Life history traits; Neutral theory; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879898293     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13157/arla.60.1.2012.3     Document Type: Review

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