Relations between Urban Bird and Plant Communities and Human Well-Being and Connection to Nature

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 816-826

  Luck, Gary W ^a   Davidson, Penny ^a   Boxall, Dianne ^a   Smallbone, Lisa ^a  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connection to nature; Conservation psychology; Human well being; Personal well being; Urban ecology; Urban ecosystems; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION; VEGETATION COVER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; HUMAN; NATURAL SCIENCE; PLANT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; HUMANS; NATURE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PLANTS; VICTORIA;

AUSTRALIA;

AVES;

EID: 79960555235     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01685.x     Document Type: Article

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