Effects of area size, heterogeneity, isolation, and disturbances on urban park avifauna in a highly populated tropical city

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 257-274

  Chang, Hsiang Yi ^a,b   Lee, Ya Fu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Ming Shiang Ecological Consultant Ltd   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Birds; Disturbance; Habitat; Heterogeneity; Isolation; Tropical urban parks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931043387     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-015-0481-5     Document Type: Article

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