Using urban forest assessment tools to model bird habitat potential

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-40

  Lerman, Susannah B ^a,b   Nislow, Keith H ^a   Nowak, David J ^a   DeStefano, Stephen ^b   King, David I ^a   Jones Farrand, D Todd ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat models; I Tree; Management; Suitability index; Urban biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; MANAGEMENT; URBAN GROWTH; VEGETATION;

BIRD-HABITAT RELATIONSHIPS; HABITAT MODEL; HABITAT SUITABILITY; LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS; SPECIFIC INFORMATION; SUITABILITY INDEX; URBAN BIODIVERSITY; WILDLIFE POPULATIONS;

FORESTRY;

AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST COVER; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; NATIVE SPECIES; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN FORESTRY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; TOOLS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892162992     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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