Large trees are keystone structures in urban parks

Conservation Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 115-122

  Stagoll, Karen ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^a   Knight, Emma ^b   Fischer, Joern ^a,c   Manning, Adrian D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birds; City parks; Scattered trees; Science based management; Southeastern Australia; Tree preservation; Urban biodiversity; Urban conservation policy; Urban ecology; Urban forest

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84859575574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2011.00216.x     Document Type: Article

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