Shrub-nesting birds in urban habitats: their abundance and association with vegetation

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 871-884

  Rousseau, Josée S ^a,c   Savard, Jean Pierre L ^b   Titman, Rodger ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Klamath Bird Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Park; Residential; Shrub; Urban; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939654145     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-014-0434-4     Document Type: Article

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