Edges of connection: Reconceptualising the human role in urban biogeography

Australian Geographer

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-101

  Head, Lesley ^a,b   Muir, Pat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Edge effect; Ethnography; Garden; Invasive species; Restoration; Suburb; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; URBAN PLANNING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY BASIN;

EID: 32844467812     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180500511996     Document Type: Article

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