Urban areas and isolated remnants of natural habitats: An action proposal for botanical gardens

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2747-2764

  Pinheiro, Marcelo H O ^a,c   De Neto, Luiz C Almeida ^b   Monteiro, Reinaldo ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b Municipal Botanical Garden of Bauru   (Brazil)

^c Departamento de Botânica   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Botanical garden network; Environmental education; Municipal remnants; Urban reserves

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GARDEN; NATURE CONSERVATION; URBAN AREA;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33749617057     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-1133-5     Document Type: Article

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