Bird richness and abundance in response to urban form in a Latin American City: Valdivia, Chile as a Case Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Silva, Carmen Paz ^a   García, Cristóbal E ^a   Estay, Sergio A ^a,b   Barbosa, Olga ^a,c,d   Chapman, Maura Geraldine ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b Avenida Vicuña Mackenna   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^d Centro de Desarrollo Urbano Sustentable CONICYT FONDAP 15110020   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIRD; CHILE; CITY PLANNING; COLUMBA LIVIA; EUROPE; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; PASSER DOMESTICUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; SPECIES; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; WETLAND; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLICY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHILE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 84947777960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138120     Document Type: Article

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