Avian abundance patterns in relation to the distribution of small Urban greenspaces

Journal of Urban Planning and Development

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Rega, Christine C ^a   Nilon, Charles H ^a   Warren, Paige S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; LAND USE;

BALTIMORE ECOSYSTEM STUDY; EUROPEAN STARLING; GREENSPACE MANAGEMENTS; LAND-COVER TYPES; OCCURRENCE PROBABILITY; SPATIAL CONFIGURATION; URBAN BIODIVERSITY; URBAN GREENSPACES;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; GREENSPACE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SONGBIRD; SUSTAINABILITY; URBAN PLANNING;

BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CARDINALIS CARDINALIS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; PASSERI; STURNUS VULGARIS; TURDUS MIGRATORIUS;

EID: 84939149953     PISSN: 07339488     EISSN: 19435444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000279     Document Type: Article

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