Domestic garden plant diversity in Bujumbura, Burundi: Role of the socio-economical status of the neighborhood and alien species invasion risk

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-126

  Bigirimana, Joseph ^a,b   Bogaert, Jan ^c   De Cannière, Charles ^b   Bigendako, Marie José ^d   Parmentier, Ingrid ^b  

^a Boulevard Mwezi Gisabo   (Burundi)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BURUNDI   (Burundi)

Author keywords

Africa; Alien plants; Biological invasions; City; Gardens; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION; TROPICS;

AFRICA; ALIEN PLANTS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CITY; GARDENS; URBAN ECOLOGY;

ECOLOGY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; RISK FACTOR; SHELTER; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ASIA; BUJUMBURA; BURUNDI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863865521     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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