Pond density as a determinant of aquatic species richness in an urban landscape

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1219-1230

  Gledhill, David G ^a   James, Philip ^a   Davies, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Northwest England; Pond density; Ponds; Species richness; Urban; Urban design

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GREENSPACE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POND; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HALTON; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 57849128341     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-008-9292-x     Document Type: Article

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