Closing the gap: Communicating to change gardening practices in support of native biodiversity in urban private gardens

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  van Heezik, Yolanda M ^a   Dickinson, Katharine J M ^a   Freeman, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attitude; Behavior; Communication; Garden; Gardening; Native; Urban; Wildlife gardening

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GARDEN; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN AREA; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84860908326     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-04712-170134     Document Type: Article

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