Urbanization and nest-site selection of the Black-billed Magpie (Pica pica) populations in two Finnish cities: From a persecuted species to an urban exploiter

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 157, Issue , 2017, Pages 577-585

  Jokimäki, Jukka ^a   Suhonen, Jukka ^b   Vuorisalo, Timo ^b   Kövér, László ^c   Kaisanlahti Jokimäki, Marja Liisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Levels; Management; Nest sites; Persecution; Pica pica; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; POPULATION STATISTICS; SITE SELECTION;

LEVELS; NEST SITES; PERSECUTION; PICA PICA; URBANIZATION;

URBAN GROWTH;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPLOITATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MICROHABITAT; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SITE SELECTION; URBANIZATION;

FINLAND;

ANIMALIA; CONIFERALES; CORVIDAE; PICA PICA;

EID: 84989345071     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2016.08.001     Document Type: Article

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