Bird community patterns in response to the island features of urban woodlots in eastern China
园林鸟类群落的岛屿性格局

Many studies have demonstrated the changes in the spatial patterns of plant and animal communities with respect to habitat fragmentation. Insular communities tend to exhibit some special patterns in connection with the characteristics of island habitats. In this paper the relationships between richness, assemblage and abundance of bird communities with respect to island features are analyzed in 20 urban woodlots in Hangzhou, China. Field investigations of bird communities, using the line transect method, we...