Contrasting patterns in species richness of birds, butterflies and plants along riparian corridors in an urban landscape

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 742-753

  Dallimer, Martin ^a   Rouquette, James R ^a   Skinner, Andrew M J ^a   Armsworth, Paul R ^b   Maltby, Lorraine M ^a   Warren, Philip H ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment; Greenways; Land use change; Rural urban gradient; Urban ecology; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BUTTERFLY; CATCHMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; URBAN AREA; URBAN REGION; URBANIZATION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84863593264     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00891.x     Document Type: Article

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