Urban biodiversity and the importance of management and conservation

Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-52

  Nilon, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biology; Conservation; Urban; Wildlife conservation; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551562917     PISSN: 18601871     EISSN: 1860188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11355-010-0146-8     Document Type: Article

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