Warm-temperate, immense, and sprawling: Plant diversity drivers in urban Beijing, China

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 967-992

  Wang, Hua Feng ^a   MacGregor Fors, Ian ^b   López Pujol, Jordi ^c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Demographic; Land use; Socio economics; Spatial; Urban ecology; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HERB; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; OLYMPIC GAMES; SHRUB; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; URBANIZATION;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84862254272     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0058-9     Document Type: Article

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