Urbanization and Human Population Favor Species Richness of Alien Birds
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Avian Data
2.2. Land-Use and Human-Population Data
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Lazarina, M.; Tsianou, M.A.; Boutsis, G.; Andrikou-Charitidou, A.; Karadimou, E.; Kallimanis, A.S. Urbanization and Human Population Favor Species Richness of Alien Birds. Diversity 2020, 12, 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020072
Lazarina M, Tsianou MA, Boutsis G, Andrikou-Charitidou A, Karadimou E, Kallimanis AS. Urbanization and Human Population Favor Species Richness of Alien Birds. Diversity. 2020; 12(2):72. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020072
Chicago/Turabian StyleLazarina, Maria, Mariana A. Tsianou, Georgios Boutsis, Aristi Andrikou-Charitidou, Elpida Karadimou, and Athanasios S. Kallimanis. 2020. "Urbanization and Human Population Favor Species Richness of Alien Birds" Diversity 12, no. 2: 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/d12020072