The ecology of urban areas and their functions for species diversity

Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-240

  Werner, Peter ^a  

^a Research institution of the State of Hesse and the City of Darmstadt   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embedded city; Regional species pool; Urban biodiversity; Urban habitats; Urban matrix; Urban patches

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79959676385     PISSN: 18601871     EISSN: 1860188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11355-011-0153-4     Document Type: Article

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