The importance of traffic corridors as urban habitats for plants in Finland

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 149-159

  Ranta, Pertti ^a  

^a NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Endangered plants; Management techniques; Traffic corridors; Urban plants

Indexed keywords

CAREX; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 43049179842     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-008-0058-7     Document Type: Article

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