Environmental History and Urban Colonizations from an Avian Perspective

Urban Biodiversity and Design

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 191-205

  Vuorisalo, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ecological factors include land use changes; Environmental history humankind and nature in perspective of past; Environmental history and urban colonizations from an avian perspective; Favourable environment hypothesis (FEH); Urban colonizations characteristics and causes; Urban colonizations traditional ecological research; Urbanization of the Hooded crow; Urbanization of Woodpigeon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885527903     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444318654.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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