Temporal changes in greenspace in a highly urbanized region

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 763-766

  Dallimer, Martin ^a   Tang, Zhiyao ^a,b   Bibby, Peter R ^c   Brindley, Paul ^c   Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Davies, Zoe G ^a,d  

^a Department of Animal and Plant Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem services; Human population density; Urban densification; Urban ecology; Urban greenspace; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; GREENSPACE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND USE PLANNING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBANIZATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 80053892321     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0025     Document Type: Article

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