Urban domestic gardens (XI): Variation in urban wildlife gardening in the United Kingdom

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 3227-3238

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Fuller, Richard A ^a   Loram, Alison ^a   MacDonald, Charlotte ^b   Power, Sinead ^b   Dempsey, Nicola ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Domestic gardens; Housing; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GARDEN; GREENSPACE; HOUSING; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBANIZATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 34548180106     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9174-6     Document Type: Article

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