Birds in urban ecosystems: Population dynamics, community structure, biodiversity, and conservation

Urban Ecosystem Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 75-86

  Shochat, Eyal ^a   Lerman, Susannah ^a   Fernández Juricic, Esteban ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral adaptations; Biodiversity; Community structure; Physiological adaptations; Population dynamics; Urban bird populations; Urban conservation ecology; Urban ecosystem

Indexed keywords

EID: 85140937698     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr55.c4     Document Type: Chapter

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