Making biodiversity measures accessible to non-specialists: An innovative method for rapid assessment of urban biodiversity

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-127

  Tzoulas, Konstantinos ^a   James, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity indicators; Biodiversity surrogates; Tandy's isovist technique; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77950461049     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-009-0107-x     Document Type: Article

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