Rural-urban gradient and land use in a millenary metropolis: How urbanization affects avian functional groups and the role of old villas in bird assemblage patterning

Web Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages 49-67

  Vignoli, L ^a,b   Scire S ^a   Bologna, M A ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Center for Evolutionary Ecology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LAND USE CHANGE; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBANIZATION;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME;

EID: 84906855650     PISSN: 21933081     EISSN: 13991183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/we-13-49-2013     Document Type: Article

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