Semi-natural vegetation and its relationship to designated urban green space at the landscape scale in Leeds, UK

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1231-1241

  Millard, Andy ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeophyte; Categories of green space; Correlation; Native; Neophyte; Planning; Plant species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GIS; GREENSPACE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SATELLITE; URBAN AREA;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEEDS [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57849128364     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-008-9256-1     Document Type: Article

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