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. 2014 Feb 4;9(2):e86747. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086747

Table 1. Characteristics of the sites at which we studied house finches in Maricopa County, USA.

Capture site Phoenixdowntown ASU campus Mesa OrganicFarm CrossroadsDistrict Park Phoenix Zoo South MountainPark Estrella MountainPark
City Phoenix Tempe Mesa Gilbert Phoenix Tempe Goodyear
Geographical coordinates 33° 27′ N 112° 03′ W 33° 25′ N111° 55′ W 33° 27′ N111° 49′ W 33° 19′ N111° 43′ W 33° 27 ’N 111° 57′ W 33° 21′ N112° 4′ W 33° 25′ N112° 25′ W
Human population living within 1 km of study site 7291 10385 4600 17175 50 1001 11
Sample size * 24 (18, 19, 20) 36 (22, 36, 20) 21 (20, 21, 18) 29 (20, 27, 22) 21 (18, 21, 21) 22 (20, 22, 22) 20 (20, 20, 20)
Habitats (% of land covered):
Cultivated Vegetation 0.00 0.00 3.44 7.62 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cultivated Grass 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.45 8.05 0.05 1.11
River Gravel 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.53 1.14 0.00 19.00
Vegetation 1.01 2.25 6.37 3.32 3.16 4.12 3.62
Disturbed (Commercial/Industrial) 8.94 23.63 13.91 11.72 5.02 2.80 1.16
Disturbed (Asphalt) 21.17 24.75 8.60 9.59 13.62 5.05 1.71
Undisturbed 10.55 9.56 14.45 12.05 57.45 68.89 67.44
Disturbed (Compacted Soil prior Agriculture) 0.00 0.00 3.00 9.56 0.00 0.00 0.00
Disturbed (Compacted Soil) 0.78 1.01 1.50 2.44 1.99 1.81 0.67
Disturbed (Mesic Residential) 8.03 18.84 23.93 13.66 3.47 4.64 0.36
Disturbed (Xeric Residential) 49.52 19.95 24.79 26.62 5.54 12.62 1.37
Water 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.44 0.54 0.03 3.55
*

Number of birds trapped and studied for our measurements of coccidian parasites, avian pox, and oxidative damage respectively.