Structure of the Japanese avian community from city centers to natural habitats exhibits a globally observed pattern

Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 355-360

  Mikami, Osamu K ^a   Mikami, Katsura ^b  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Japan Bird Research Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avian biodiversity; Biomass; Species abundance; Species richness; Urban birds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904544112     PISSN: 18601871     EISSN: 1860188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11355-012-0201-8     Document Type: Article

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