Streetscale bioretention basins in Melbourne and their effect on local biodiversity

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1454-1465

  Kazemi, Fatemeh ^a,b   Beecham, Simon ^b   Gibbs, Joan ^b  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bioretention basin; Greenspace; Urban landscape; Water sensitive urban design

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY INDICATORS; BIORETENTION BASIN; BIORETENTION BASINS; GREEN SPACES; GREENSPACE; INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; LANDSCAPE CHANGES; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LANDSCAPE TYPE; LEAF LITTER; NUMBER OF SPECIES; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; SUMMER SEASON; TERRESTRIAL INVERTEBRATE; URBAN BIODIVERSITY; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN LANDSCAPE; URBAN STREETS; WATER SENSITIVE; WATER SENSITIVE URBAN DESIGN;

DESIGN; ECOLOGY; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FORESTRY; OCEAN HABITATS; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL; URBAN PLANNING; VEGETATION; WATER RESOURCES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; GREENSPACE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; PH; RETENTION; STORMWATER; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 69749095402     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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