Multi-scale factors influencing the characteristics of avian communities in urban parks across Beijing during the breeding season

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Xie, Shilin ^a,b   Lu, Fei ^b   Cao, Lei ^b   Zhou, Weiqi ^b   Ouyang, Zhiyun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BREEDING; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; URBANIZATION;

ANIMALS; BEIJING; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; BREEDING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84978416149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep29350     Document Type: Article

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