Urban domestic gardens (VI): Environmental correlates of invertebrate species richness

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2415-2438

  Smith, Richard M ^a   Warren, Philip H ^a   Thompson, Ken ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Backyard; Biodiversity; Green space; Home garden; Scale; tree analysis; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; DOMESTIC SPECIES; GARDEN CITY; HOME GARDEN; INVERTEBRATE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; URBANIZATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SHEFFIELD [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33749615659     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-5014-0     Document Type: Article

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