Woody plants in urban biotopes: Studies in patras (Greece)

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 19, Issue 12 A, 2010, Pages 2958-2965

  Tsiotsiou, Vasiliki ^a   Christodoulakis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Patras; Urban ecology; Urban structural units; Woody plants

Indexed keywords

BIOTOPE; DECIDUOUS TREE; LAND USE; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBAN HOUSING; URBAN SITE;

ACHAEA; GREECE; PATRAS; WESTERN GREECE;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; CARICA; CARICA PAPAYA; FICUS CARICA; MORUS (ANGIOSPERM); MORUS ALBA; NERIUM; NERIUM OLEANDER;

EID: 79952583179     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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