The impact of urbanisation on avian species: The inextricable link between people and birds

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 481-498

  Taylor, Lucy ^a,b   Taylor, Charlotte ^a   Davis, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Introduced species; Urban ecosystem; Urbanisation; Wildlife diversity

Indexed keywords

ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS; AVES; COLUMBA LIVIA; MANORINA; MANORINA MELANOCEPHALA; STURNUS; TRICHOGLOSSUS HAEMATODUS;

EID: 84881367810     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-012-0283-y     Document Type: Article

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