Pattern and divergence of tree communities in Taipei's main urban green spaces

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 84, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 312-323

  Jim, C Y ^a   Chen, Wendy Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hybrid park; Precision urban forestry; Urban ecology; Urban flora; Urban green space; Urban nature conservation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PARKS; VEGETATION;

HUMAN MODIFICATIONS; PRECISION URBAN FORESTRY; STREET VERGES; URBAN ECOLOGY; URBAN FLORA; URBAN GREEN SPACE; URBAN NATURE CONSERVATION;

URBAN PLANNING;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DESIGN; DIVERGENCE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; EVERGREEN TREE; GREENSPACE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 38849109369     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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