Bird alpha, beta and functional diversities across three peri-urban woodland stands along an anthropogenic disturbance gradient: is formal protection a guarantee for ecological integrity?

Urban woodlands are significant as refugia for species of wild birds which contribute to provisioning a wide range of ecological services beneficial to nature and to humans. Due to the increasingly small and fragmental structure of these habitats, arising from constant expansion of city infrastructu...

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Main Authors: Nickson Erick Otieno, Alex Mutati
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-01-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989420309513