Composition and Diversity of Avian Communities Using a New Urban Habitat: Green Roofs

Environmental Management

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1230-1239

  Washburn, Brian E ^a   Swearingin, Ryan M ^b   Pullins, Craig K ^b   Rice, Matthew E ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airport; Bird strike; Green roof; Habitat; Urban ecology; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENTS; AIRPORTS; ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

BIRD STRIKE; GREEN ROOF; HABITAT; URBAN ECOLOGY; WILDLIFE;

ROOFS;

AIR QUALITY; AIRPORT; BIRD; BUILDING; GREENSPACE; HEAT ISLAND; LANDSCAPE; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RUNOFF; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION COVER;

AIRPORT; BIRD; FORAGE; HABITAT; LANDSCAPING; MOURNING; SPECIES; STURNUS VULGARIS; VEGETATION; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ILLINOIS; PROCEDURES; SANITATION; URBANIZATION;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CHARADRIUS VOCIFERUS; STURNUS VULGARIS; ZENAIDA MACROURA;

AIRPORTS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CHICAGO; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; ECOSYSTEM; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84960105820     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-016-0687-1     Document Type: Article

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