Biodiversity in urban ecosystems: Plants and macromycetes as indicators for conservation planning in the city of Coimbra (Portugal)

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-102

  Barrico, Lurdes ^a   Azul, Anabela Marisa ^a   Morais, Maria Cristina ^a   Pereira Coutinho, António ^a   Freitas, Helena ^a   Castro, Paula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bioindicators; Land use; Macromycetes; Urban green area; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMARKERS; CONSERVATION; FUNGI; LAND USE;

BIOLOGICAL PARAMETER; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES; MACROMYCETES; PERI-URBAN AGRICULTURES; SOIL FUNGAL COMMUNITIES; URBAN GREEN AREA; VASCULAR PLANT;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; EVERGREEN TREE; FUNGUS; GREENSPACE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STAND STRUCTURE; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; VASCULAR PLANT;

COIMBRA [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL;

EUCALYPTUS; FUNGI; QUERCUS FAGINEA; QUERCUS SUBER; RUSCUS; RUSCUS ACULEATUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84859907071     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.02.011     Document Type: Article

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