Magic roundabouts? Teaching conservation in schools and universities

Journal of Biological Education

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 102-107

  Leather, Simon R ^a   Helden, Alvin J ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; Carabid; Fragmentation; Ground beetles; Species area relationships; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 18844431898     PISSN: 00219266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00219266.2005.9655975     Document Type: Article

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