Two-sided edge responses of avian communities in an urban landscape

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 539-551

  Schneider, Sarah C ^a   Fischer, Jason D ^a   Miller, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian communities; Edges; Species richness; Tolerance; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84929151879     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-014-0418-4     Document Type: Article

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