Urbanisation tolerance and the loss of avian diversity

Ecology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 942-950

  Sol, Daniel ^a,b   González Lagos, Cesar ^a,c   Moreira, Darío ^d   Maspons, Joan ^a   Lapiedra, Oriol ^a  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brood value; Extinction risk; Life history; Neutral theory; Rapid human induced environmental changes

Indexed keywords

AVES;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; BROOD VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EXTINCTION RISK; LETTER; LIFE HISTORY; NEUTRAL GENE THEORY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAPID HUMAN-INDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; URBANIZATION;

BROOD VALUE; EXTINCTION RISK; LIFE HISTORY; NEUTRAL THEORY; RAPID HUMAN-INDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84903753446     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ele.12297     Document Type: Article

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